Monte Sirai
- Anghelu Ruju
- Monte Sirai
- Montessu
- Nora
- Nuraghe Santu Antine
- St. Antioco Catacombs & Tophet
- Su Nuraxi Barumini
- Tharros
The site of Monte Sirai, given the excellent location of the area, was the destination of settlement since the Neolithic age. It turned, around 740 B.C. site of a Phoenician settlement probably founded by inhabitants of the nearby city of Sulci (St. Antioco now). Mount Sirai comprises three main areas. The main one is made of housing units and occupies the southern part of the hill. In the northern hill is situated the Tophet, and the last sector is composed of two necropolis, one Phoenician and one Punic. The location of the area where the complex was built was excellent: a volcanic peak about 190 meters high, from where they could control both the sea, the surrounding islands and the plains up to the mountains. The top of the mountain housed the residential quarters and public buildings of which the most important was certainly the temple of Astarte. Around 520 B.C. the city is completely destroyed by the Carthaginians.
