A few dozen kilometers south-west of Cagliari is one of the most important archaeological sites in Sardinia, a prosperous city, first Phoenician, then Carthaginian, finally an important Roman center, a jewel handed down through three millennia.
It was the first Phoenician city in Sardinia (VIII century a.C.), trade hub, as well as port with enviable position, in the Isthmus of Cape Pula, from which you could sail with any wind. Nora, fully developed in the fourth century BC under the Punic domain, in 238 B.C. it was conquered by the Romans and in I d.C. became municipium. In the following two centuries, the maximum splendor lived: urban growth and eight thousand inhabitants, in addition to being caput viae, zero kilometer of all the roads of the island. Of the thriving city remain fascinating ruins in the archaeological park of Pula, just minutes from the tourist center, and exhibits on display in the Patroni museum. Snorkeling you will admire Roman roads and remains in the seabed of the isthmus at Punta del Coltellazzo, dominated by a 16th century tower.
The Phoenician-Punic remains were almost completely covered by Roman buildings. The excavations, begun in 1889 after a tidal wave 'unveiled' a Phoenician-Punic cemetery (tophet), have brought to light remains of the temple of Tanit, Carthaginian goddess, and the Nora stele, kept in the archaeological museum of #Cagliari. On the stele, the oldest document of the West, appears for the first time the name Shrdn, 'Sardinia'. The tophet stands near the Romanesque church, a place of martyrdom of the holy warrior commemorated every year on the occasion of the Feast of # sant'Efisio, to which the people of Turin is particularly devoted.
At the entrance to the park, you will find ruins of the baths, so #Nora was famous. Through the paved streets, you will enter the heart of the ancient city: the Piazza del Foro. Nearby there is a temple with six columns pronaos, while in the north, necropolis and aqueduct. On the coast, you will see a stately home, the house of the tetrastyle atrium of the III century AD, with a four-column portico and rooms covered with mosaics: do not miss 'Nereide on a marine centaur'. Continuing, here is the major attraction, the amphitheater: originally, covered with marble, it counted twenty steps and a thousand seats, today it is the scene of the festival La Notte dei Poeti. To the south stands the sanctuary of Esculapio, with a fourth-century mosaic terrace: perhaps the site of the incubation ritual, to have remedies to the evils of the god. It is the last big building: from the fifth century began the decline of Nora. After the archaeological excursion, you can take a walk on the golden sandy beach and crystal clear sea or along the lagoon, which hosts rare birds, and in the evening dedicate yourself to the nightlife of #Pula, with events and aperitifs in the squares of the center.
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