16a: The Giovanni Marongiu Civic Museum of Cabras, inaugurated in 1977, houses the rich heritage of the Sinis Peninsula and in particular a large part of the finds (statues, betili, models of nuraghe…) discovered at the site of Monte ‘e Prama.
The hill of Muru Mannu, in the area of the archaeological complex of Tharros (Cabras), hosted a nuragic village of which today the remains of some of the huts that comprised it are left. On these ruins, the tofet, the typical necropolis of the Phoenician-Punic period, was then built.
The Nuraghe Cannevadosu of Cabras is located about 800 m S.O. of the site of Monte ‘e Prama and about 8 km West of Cabras. It is a “a tancato” Nuraghe: it features on the front of the main tower a regular masonry structure that encloses a smaller tower and a courtyard interposed between the two towers.
The photos of some statues and other finds discovered at Monte ‘e Prama are by Nicola Castangia and the Giovanni Marongiu Museum of Cabras. The photos of the archaeological complex of Tharros are by Cinzia Olias; the one of the site of Muru Mannu, also in Tharros, is by Valentino Selis, while the images of the nuraghe Cannevadosu (Cabras) are by Marco Cocco and Francesco Cubeddu (aerial photo).
