Tharros

Sinis Peninsular

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May 18th 2011
18 May 2011 We sadly left our perfect spot and continued on our way out of the mountains, through an area of lagoons and the small city of Oristano and onto the mainly flat Sinis Peninsular. There we saw the fifth century church of San Giovanni di Sinis and close by Tharros, a Carthaginian and Roman settlement located on a narrow spit of land protruding into the sea. Our next stop was at San ... read more

Europe » Italy

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Italy became a nation-state in 1861 when the city-states of the peninsula, along with Sardinia and Sicily, were united under King Victor EMMANUEL II. An era of parliamentary government came to a close in the early 1920s when Benito MUSSOLINI establis... ... read more