Excursion to Nora from Cagliari, round trip. Nora is an ancient city, built near pre-existing Nuragic settlements, of Phoenician and later Punic and Roman foundation. It is situated on the promontory of Capo Pula, on the southern coast of Sardinia west of Cagliari, currently in the municipality of Pula.
- Return transfer with pick up in Cagliari
- Local guides on the site
- One of the most important historical sites in Southern Sardinia
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| Duration | 4 Hours |
| Participants | Minimum 2 people to depart. |
| Requirements | • Please note: Transport included. This voucher will not be accepted if presented directly at the venue. |
| Important information | • Please note: Transport included. This voucher will not be accepted if presented directly at the venue. |
Venue
Via Sardegna, 1, 09124 Cagliari CA, Italia
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Further information
Nora is an ancient city, built near pre-existing Nuragic settlements, of Phoenician and later Punic and Roman foundation, capital of the Noritani people. It is situated on the promontory of Capo Pula, on the southern coast of Sardinia west of Cagliari, currently in the municipality of Pula.The area is dominated by the Spanish Tower of Coltellazzo, in a position of great landscape value. The testimonies of the Phoenician-Punic city have been partly covered or erased by the settlement of the city in Roman times. The structures visible today are, in fact, mainly relevant to the Roman phase of the site.
Nora was the first Phoenician city in Sardinia (8th century BC), an important commercial crossroads and port of enviable position, in the isthmus of Capo Pula, from which it was possible to sail in any weather. Nora, which developed completely in the 4th century BC under Punic rule, was conquered by the Romans in 238 BC and became municipium in the 1st century BC. During the next two centuries, it experienced its greatest splendor: urban growth and eight thousand inhabitants, as well as being caput viae, the starting point of all roads on the islands.
Excavations began in 1889, when a coastal storm revealed a Phoenician Cemetery (tophet), bringing to light the remains of the Temple of Tanit, a Carthaginian goddess, and the Nora Stone, now in the National Archaeological Museum of Cagliari. On the stele, the oldest document in the western world, the name Shrdn, in Sardinia, appears for the first time.
