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Drainage System
A drain ran along the VISITORS’ CHECKLIST
middle of the paved
road. The system was Practical Information
linked to the rows of Road map B4.
houses on either side San Giovanni di Sinis.
n Cooperativa Penisola Sinis
of the street.
(0783 37 00 19). Open 9am–
7pm summer, 9am–5pm winter.
& 8 ∑ penisoladelsinis.it
Head of Goddess
Found in the Punic necro-
polis, this 5th-century BC
head is now in Cagliari’s
archaeologi cal museum
(see p62).
. Corinthian Columns
These reconstructed columns are
part of the process of re-erecting
monuments that occupied
Tharros between the 1st and 3rd
centuries AD. One of the columns
has an original Corinthian capital.
. Cistern
This quadrangular cistern
(3rd–4th centuries AD) on the
southern side of the temple
is made of large blocks of
sandstone and adorned with
Doric half-columns.
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