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Tharros

The city of Tharros, located at the southern end of the Sinis Peninsula, was probably founded at the end of the eighth century BC by Phoenician people in an area already frequented in the Nuragic age. On one of the three hills on which the city stands, the northernmost, known by the name of Murru Mannu (in Sardinian "big snout"), an important village from the Nuragic age is still visible today (Age ...