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Turris Lybisonis, six centuries of the Roman colony's history

Turris Lybisonis: the current Porto Torres is the most important locality among those founded by The Romans, during their permanence in the island, among the I century B.C. and the V century A.D. (...)

Lollove, a jewel of the eighteenth century on the mountains of Nuoro

When we talk about Lollove (a fraction of Nuoro, a few kilometers far from the capital), we shouldn't speak about a disappeared town, but about a village (...)

The myth of Metalla, where the Romans coined the coins

Metalla and its myth. This locality was considered the fulcrum of the Romans mining activity in the Iglesiente. But still today, we are not able to locate it precisely. There are at least two hypotheses: the first one (...)

The disappeared towns of the other territories

Where today rises Santa Giusta, the Phoenicians between the VIII and the VII century B.C founded the town of Othoca, nearby a nuraghic village communicating with the sea and in the shelter of the homonym pond. (...)

Cornus, the Punic town where Asdrubale lost against the Romans

In the territory of Cuglieri, not far form Santa Caterina di Pittinuri, it is possible to admire the few remains of the Punic town of Cornus, where the Carthaginians of Asdrubale the Bald (...)

In Tratalias an abandoned medieval village

In Tratalias, between the Rio Palmas and the Monte Migali, in front of the beautiful cathedral of Saint Maria di Monserrato, it is possible to visit the medieval village (...)

Nora, founded by the Phoenicians and exploited by the ancient Romans

Nora, which is only a few kilometers away from Pula (30 kilometers from Cagliari), is one of the main tourist attractions of the area. (...)

Tharros the first port in which landed the first peoples from the East

In Phoenician times, Tharros was one of the main ports of Sardinia. Located between Capo San Marco and the hillside of Su Murru Mannu (...)