Phoenician-Punic

Sant'Antioco, tophet, cinerary urns. Photo by Pierpaolo Tuveri, from Digital Resources Sardegna IDV

Phoenician cities, located mainly, but not exclusively, on the Sardinian coast, introduce to the island the urban schemes of the motherland and, with them, the building formulas.

Sulky's lions still in situ (from http://www.archeotur.it/santantioco/immagini/category/3-museo-archeologico.html).

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Urban spaces and monumental architecture

The arrival of the Phoenicians in Sardinia is witnessed by the appearance of an important architectural innovation: the founding of cities.

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Carbonia, Phoenician fortifications of Nuraghe Sirai. Photos from Sardegna DigitalLibrary

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Phoenician settlements

The history of the Phoenician presence in Sardinia goes through various phases of a gradual settlement process. The first forms of contact had to take place in sites directly controlled by the Nuragic Sardinians, of whic...

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Carbonia, archaeological area of Monte Sirai. Photos from Sardegna DigitalLibrary

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The birth of cities

After a first settlement phase marked only by the construction of simple commercial stores, the Phoenician presence takes on the characteristics of a real urbanization.

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Fluminimaggiore, temple of Antas, first Phoenician-Punic and then Roman. Photo by Italo Zannier, from digital resources Sardegna IDV

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The sanctuaries

In addition to cities, the Phoenician presence in Sardinia was marked by the creation of new sanctuaries, the dimension of the “sacred” being one of the crucial elements that contributes to defining the cultural identity...

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Static rendering of the reconstructive hypothesis of the archaeological area of Tharros, The Punic temple of the semicolumns, from Digital Resources Sardinia

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The monumental temple of Tharros

The monumental temple of Tharros is a difficult building to interpret because, in an undifferentiated context, elements dating back to chronologically different phases are found to coexist. A guiding element for reading...

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Fluminimaggiore, temple of Antas, epigraph. Photos of Regione Autonoma dell'Sardegna, from Sardegna DL

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Discovering the temple of Sardus Pater

The search for the temple of Sardus Pater was the most exciting question of the ancient topography of Sardinia. In the 16th century, the codes and the first printed books by Greek and Latin authors began to circula...

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Protome Fenicio-punica, from Catalogo Beni Culturali RAS, Serial Number: 2000163905

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The Tofet Rite

The term “Tophet” in the Bible designated a place located near Jerusalem where the sacrifice of children was believed to be practiced. Later, the term changed to designate all the sacred areas of Phoenician-Punic urban c...

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Jars. Photo by RAS Press Office, 2010, from Sardegna Digital Library

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Cabras, Phoenician-Punic City of Tharros

Tharros is located at the southern end of the Sinis Peninsula. It unfolds in the Gulf of Oristano on a sort of natural amphitheater bordered to the north by the hill of Su Muru Mannu, to the west by that of the tower of...

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Cagliari, Tuvixeddu, Ureo's tomb. Photo by M. A. Mongiu Archive, from Sardegna Digital Library

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Cagliari, Phoenician-Punic city of Karaly

Phoenician-Punic Karaly was built on the site of modern Cagliari, in the center of the Golfo degli Angeli and at the S end of the Campidano plain.

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Domus de Maria, the tower of Chia. Photo by Monia Mura, 2009, from Sardegna Digital Library

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Domus de Maria, City of Bithia

The archaeological area is located above and at the foot of the promontory of Torre di Chia, on the S coast of Sulcis. Although the foundation of the center dates back to 720 BC, the area chosen for the installation of t...

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Genoni, Fortificazioni puniche di Monte Santu Antine

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Genoni, Punic Fortifications of Santu Antine

The fortification is located on Monte Sant'Antine, part of the Gesturi jar isolated from it by erosion. It is in a strategic position and dominates the transition area from the fertile lands of Arborea and Marmilla to th...

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Place of culture

Guspini, Phoenician-Punic City of Neapolis

The site is located in the south-eastern part of the Gulf of Oristano and is located on a complex of alluvial bumps near the lagoon system formed by the Marceddà, San Giovanni and Santa Maria ponds.

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Olbia, Punic City

The city of Olbia, located in coastal Gallura, overlooks a large gulf, between Capo Figari-Golfo Aranci and Capo di Coda Cavallo-San Teodoro.

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City of Nora. Photo by Barbara Pisano, 2009, from Sardegna Digital Library

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Pula, Phoenician-Punic city of Nora

The evidence of the archaic city has been partly covered up or erased by the arrangement of the city in Roman times, while other damage has been caused by the positive bradyism affecting the entire surrounding coast.

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Sant'Antioco, Phoenician-Punic City of Sulky

The remains of the archaic settlement, accidentally discovered in 1983 thanks to the renovation of the city's hospice, consist of a superposition of rectangular and quadrangular environments, according to a simple orthog...

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