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Tharros
39.8733° N, 8.4397° E
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Tharros (also spelled Tharras, Archaic Greek: Θάρρας, Ptolemaic Hellenistic: Τάρραι/Τάρρας, Tárrai/Tárras; Latin: Tarrhae/Tarrhas) was an ancient city and former bishopric on the west coast of Sardinia, Italy. It is currently a Latin Catholic titular see and an archaeological site near the village of San Giovanni di Sinis, municipality of Cabras, in the Province of Oristano. It is located on the southern shore of the Sinis Peninsula, which forms the northern cape of the Bay of Oristano, by the cape of San Marco. Tharros, mentioned by Ptolemy and in the Itineraries, seems to have been one of the most important places on the island.
Historical Timeline
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Sea level rise affecting earlier structures
c. 1200 BCE
Phoenician settlement established
8th century BCE
Diocese of Tharros established
c. 400
Renamed Diocese to Sinis-Tharros
700
Diocese gains territory from Cornus
800
Promoted to Metropolitan Archdiocese
c. 1000
Relocation and effective abandonment
1070
Diocese formally suppressed
1093
Titular restoration and renaming
1755 / 1793
Nuragic occupation
1900–730 BCE
Ancient DNA study of Punic necropolis
2021
Archaeological Features
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Burial and Funerary Structures
Industrial and Craft Structures
Religious and Ritual Structures
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