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Thursday, 9 July 2009

About Nora, the first Sardinian city....


On a small peninsula, next to the village Pula, around 60 km from Cagliari one can visit the remains of the Nora, which is believed to have been the first Sardinian city. It has been settled by the ancient Nuraghi people, later the Phoenicians and the Romans lived here.
The different civilisations left beautiful mosaics (partly restored), impressive roads (still in perfect shape nowadays), glass and ceramics tableware (to be admired at the museum in Pula)..
Because the southern part of Sardinia is sinking into the Mediterranean Sea, a substantial part of the former town is now under the sea and can be visited by snorkeling. On the right side of the entrance there is the Pula laguna with a very nicely made aquarium and a turtle hospital. When we visited there were 5 patients in there. 
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3 comments:

  1. WebbieLady13 July 2009 at 08:13

    Beautifully captured and very informative as well. As usual, leaves me in awe! Will get back to this after office hours and must examine these images closely. :)

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  2. Rouge20 July 2009 at 05:29

    Oh poor creature, looks like where he stays is not a very good place; not a natural habitat anymore! :(

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  3. maricar19 February 2010 at 09:47

    we didn't go in this part of Italy, beautiful and interesting, thanks for sharing Jana

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