“The city of Tharros, located at the southern end of the Sinis Peninsula (Cabras), was founded in the late 8th or 7th century BC by Phoenician peoples in an area already frequented in the Nuragic Age. On one of the three hills on which the town stands, the northernmost, known as Su Murru Mannu (Sardinian for ‘big snout’), an important proto-historic village (Middle Bronze Age) is still visible today, which must have already been abandoned when the Phoenicians arrived (No. 7). The remains of a nuragic monument have been recognised at the base of the Spanish tower on the hill of S. Giovanni (n. 20); two other nuraghi are located on Cape S. Marco, one, known as Baboe Cabitza, at the highest part of the promontory, the other near the inlet of Sa Naedda. The arrival of the Phoenicians and the foundation of the city coincide with a moment of extraordinary colonial activity on the part of the Levantine peoples throughout the western basin of the Mediterranean […]’.
Source: FAI.
The photos of Tharros and the Murru Mannu nuragic site are by Bibi Pinna.
