Sa Cova des Culleram

Monuments | Sant Joan de Labritja

Ibiza preserves a cave sanctuary erected in honor of Tanit, goddess of love and fertility to whom the Phoenicians professed great adoration. It is the Cova des Culleram, located in the municipality of Sant Joan de Labritja, in the area of Sant Vicent de Sa Cala in the northeast of the island. Considered one of the most important archaeological sites on the island, Sa Cova des Culleram was studied in 1907 and 600 terracotta figures (possibly votive offerings), a thousand heads of figurines and ceramic fragments were found there. The most remarkable are some flared female figures painted with various symbols and, some of them, with their faces covered by a thin layer of gold. They can be admired in the Museu des Puig des Molins. Sa Cova des Culleram was used from the end of the 5th century to the 2nd century B.C. In 1929 a bronze plaque was found citing the names of Astraté and Tania, the Punic goddess of Ibiza par excellence. It has its viewpoint two hundred meters above sea level, which offers a spectacular panoramic view with the island of Tagomago in the background and can be visited inside.