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Hotel Costa dei Fiori island of S. Antioco

Today we depart from the Hotel Costa dei Fiori in Santa Margherita di Pula and reach the island of S. Antioco: Estimated time 1 hour by car and 30.


View From Hotel Costa dei Fiori Sant'Antioco in a larger map

Reach Sant'Antioco is to immerse yourself in one of the most important historical and cultural Sardinia.

A wealth of archaeological evidence, the city now stands on the ruins of oldest and most important city of Sardinia, the Sulky founded by the Phoenicians in the eighth century. ac

The isthmus that connects the island to Sardinia offers some fantastic scenery with the town of San Antioco, reflected on the lagoon, ideal habitat for many species like the beautiful pink flamingos.

NOT MISS:

Ferruccio Barreca Archaeological Museum: The museum displays archaeological remains of settlements in the Sant'Antioco and Sulcis.
date back to Neolithic times and Nuraghic objects unearthed in excavations in various parts of the island.
Many materials testify to the Phoenician culture, which had just Sant'Antioco Sulki ancient, the oldest settlement in Sardinia. On display are objects found in tombs of tofet: tools, vases, lamps, jewelry, amulets, masks apotropaic. The same tofet is reconstructed in a model that illustrates the arrangement of the steles and urns found in excavations.
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Sant'Antioco Basilica: The Basilica of S. Antioco Martyr, built over the grave of the saint, is one of the oldest monuments in the region. First Episcopal Diocese of
Sulcitana Iglesiente was built around the fifth century., quadrifida plant with a Greek cross, priests turned to the East and a likely body domed then revised and enriched by architectural elements.
In the twelfth century. the church of S. Antioco suffered the broad structure that changed beyond recognition the original high-medieval building. Attributable to this date are: the inclusion of the aisles and the extension of the nave, with the consequent abandonment of the Greek cross, the construction of the main apse and the north chapel, a total coverage of the walls with plaster and frescoes minor art, stolen from the walls only in 1966.
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Ethnographic Museum: Located in the center of the country along the path that connects the Basilica of Sant 'Antioco at the Archaeological Museum and the area of \u200b\u200bTophet. On display are objects that testify to the habits and customs of the island, especially in connection with the processing of saw palmetto and fine linen, and providing for the natural color of the tissues.
The museum contains tools for baking (especially bread discusses the votive offering to the patron saint Sant'Antioco), for the cheese, the grape growing and winemaking, to work in the fields (plow wood and various types of equipment for tilling the ground) for the activities of the carpenter, the master cooper and blacksmith. There are also different types of carts in the courtyard Sardinia: ox-drawn wagon, donkey cart and on horseback.

Tophet & the Necropolis, the settlements nuragici : A cemetery is located north-east of the fort Savoy: consists of underground excavated in the tufa rock, used until the age Roman. A corridor, dromos, provides access to two rooms of the burial chamber, separated by a pillar.
Further north of the necropolis is the Tophet (named after a place near Jerusalem), of their silent guardian mysteries. The Tophet is an open sanctuary but has not yet been completely clarified such rites were held and what was its role in Punic religion.
The two main hypotheses indicate that the burial or sacrificial child secluded area. The first hypothesis
tophet interprets as a place where they carried out the sacrifices of the firstborn to the main deity (Tanit, Baal Hammon).
For the most recent case, the Tophet would instead be a cemetery for the kids born dead or still so small that it had not received a hypothetical rite of entry into society.
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