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The descriptions of sites and museums have been put together with the utmost care. |
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Nuragic sanctuary |
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| Sant'Anastasia |
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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. |
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| Santa Cristina |
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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. |
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| Santa Vittoria di Serri |
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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. |
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Roman |
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| Forum Traianus |
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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. |
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Phoenician-Punic-Roman |
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| Nora |
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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. |
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| Temple of Antas |
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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. |
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| Tharros |
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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. |
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Monument |
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| San Salvatore |
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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. |
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Nuragic |
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| Nuraghe Losa |
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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. |
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| Su Nuraxi |
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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. |
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Museum |
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| Antiquarium Arborense |
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The Antiquarium Arborense is the most important archaeological museum of the province of Oristano with a vast collection of archaeological finds. |
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| Museo Arch Giovanni Marongiu |
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The museum shows archeological finds from Cuccuru Is Arrius (prehistorical and nuragic) and from Tharros (Phoenician-Punic and Roman) |
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| Museo Arch Giovanni Patroni |
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The Museo Archeologico Giovanni Patroni has a nice collection from the site of Nora. |
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| Museo Archeologico Nazionale |
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The archeological museum in the Sardinian capital Cagliari is the most important museum for Sardinian archaeology. |
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| The British Museum |
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In the British Museum are jewels from Tharros. |
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