Nora, Italy

38°59′05″N 9°00′57″E / 38.984685°N 9.015860°E / 38.984685; 9.015860

Nora
Archaeological site of Nora, with the Spanish tower in the background.
Nora, Italy is located in Sardinia
Nora, Italy
Shown within Sardinia
TypeSettlement
History
CulturesPhoenician civilization Roman civilization
Site notes
Excavation datesyes
Conditionruined
ManagementI Beni Culturali della Sardegna
Public accessyes
WebsitePula, area di Nora (in Italian)

Nora (Ancient Greek: Νῶρα)[1] (Nuras in the mediaeval Sardinian language) is an ancient pre-Roman and Roman town on a peninsula near Pula, near to Cagliari in Sardinia.[2]

  1. ^ Stephanus of Byzantium, Ethnica, §N480.7
  2. ^ Trudy Ring; Noelle Watson; Paul Schellinger (5 November 2013). Southern Europe: International Dictionary of Historic Places. Routledge. pp. 483–. ISBN 978-1-134-25958-8.