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Nuragic sanctuary
Sant'Anastasia Sant'Anastasia  

At Sardara, in the middle of the modern town, next to the small church of Sant‘Anastasia, lies the site of a sacred well and nuragic village.

Santa Cristina Santa Cristina  

Santa Cristina is the name of the small church built next to the water sanctuary of nuragic times. This water sanctuary is unique because of it‘s mathematical construction method. The site lies in a natural park and near a nuragic village with a single towered nuraghe.

Santa Vittoria di Serri Santa Vittoria di Serri  

The site of Santa Vittoria di Serri lies on the edge of one of the highland plateaus, called giare. It is a rich nuragic site with many remains of huts, a sacred waterwell and a large construction where religious festivities were held. It is said that the romans surprised the Sards feasting and killed many of them burning down their religious centre.

Roman
Forum Traianus Forum Traianus  

Forum Traianus is a roman site on the banks of the river Tirso. Next to the baths there is the forum itself left to be seen. It was once the key to the control of the highlands of Sardinia for the romans.

Phoenician-Punic-Roman
Nora Nora  

Nora is the site of a Punic-Roman town in the south of Sardinia, claimed to be the first town founded by the Phoenicians. The site is rich in roman mosaic floors and has a beautiful roman theatre.

Temple of Antas Temple of Antas  

The temple of Antas was erected by the Punic rulers of Sardinia and dedicated to the god of the Sards, Sid. Later it was rebuilt by the Romans and dedicated to Sardus Pater.

Tharros Tharros  

Tharros is the site of a former Punic-Roman town founded by the Phoenicians in the eight century BC. It is located on the south side of the peninsula of Sinis which forms the cape of San Marco.

Monument
Necropolis Anghelu Ruju Necropolis Anghelu Ruju  

This necropolis is the largest in it's kind on Sardinia and contains about 38 prehistoric graves similar to the Domus de Janas. The necropolis is located near the airport of Alghero.

San Salvatore San Salvatore  

San Salvatore is a small village near the lagoons of Cabras. Under the church there is a hypogeum dating back to neolithic times as a place of veneration.

Nuragic
Nuraghe Genna Maria Nuraghe Genna Maria  

Genna Maria is a nuragic site in the hills near Villanovaforru and is one of the complex type of nuraghi. It has a magnificent view over the Campidano.

Nuraghe Losa Nuraghe Losa  

Nuraghe Losa near Abbasanta lies on a highland plateau along the roads that crossed Sardinia from south to north. Around it there was a small village.

Nuraghe Santu Antine Nuraghe Santu Antine  

Nuraghe Santu Antine can be considered one of the most fascinating bronze age constructions of Nuragic Sardinia. The nuraghe consists of one central tower and three additional towers, long corridors and a central courtyard with a waterwell. Around the nuraghe lie the remains of a nuragic village, occupied well into roman times.

Su Nuraxi Su Nuraxi  

The nuraghe site at Barumini, Su Nuraxi, is one of the complex nuraghi of Sardinia. It has been excavated by the archaeologist Lilliu and is now on the list of the UNESCO of the world heritage.

Museum
Antiquarium Arborense Antiquarium Arborense  

The Antiquarium Arborense is the most important archaeological museum of the province of Oristano with a vast collection of archaeological finds.

Geomuseo Montearci Stefano Incani Geomuseo Montearci Stefano Incani  

This fine geological museum of the area of the Monte Arci is located at Masullas in an ex-monastery of the order of friars capuchins and displays the rich mineral resources of this old volcano

Museo Arch Com Ferruccio Barreca Museo Arch Com Ferruccio Barreca  

The archaeological museum of Sant'Antioco has a vast collection of artefacts that have been found during the many excavations at the ancient phoenician-punic-roman site of Sulki, presentday Sant'Antioco, and the island. The phoenician and punic collection is of a rare beauty, including fine earthenware and jewellery.

Museo Arch Giovanni Marongiu Museo Arch Giovanni Marongiu  

The museum shows archeological finds from Cuccuru Is Arrius (prehistorical and nuragic), from Tharros (Phoenician-Punic and Roman) and from the shipwreck near the island of Mal di Ventre carrying lead bars.

Museo Arch Giovanni Patroni Museo Arch Giovanni Patroni  

The Museo Archeologico Giovanni Patroni has a nice collection from the site of Nora.

Museo Archeologico Nazionale Museo Archeologico Nazionale  

The archeological museum in the Sardinian capital Cagliari is the most important museum for Sardinian archaeology.

The British Museum The British Museum  

The British museum has a collection of jewels from Tharros.

Interesting places and towns
Oristano Oristano  

Oristano is the capital of the province of Oristano and in medieval times it was one of the capitals of the Giudicati of Sardinia, that of Arborea. It has a picturesque historical center and at Carnival the characteristic event of the Sartiglia takes place in the streets of the town.

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