Tharros

39°52′24″N 8°26′23″E / 39.8733°N 8.43972°E / 39.8733; 8.43972

Tharros
View of Corinthian columns at Tharros
Tharros is located in Sardinia
Tharros
Shown within Sardinia
TypeSettlement
History
FoundedEighth century BCE
CulturesNuragic civilization, Punic civilization, Roman civilization
Site notes
ConditionRuined
ManagementI Beni Culturali della Sardegna
Public accessYes
Websiteofficial website

Tharros (also spelled Tharras, Archaic Greek: Θάρρας, Ptolemaic Hellenistic: Τάρραι/Τάρρας, Tárrai/Tárras; Latin: Tarrhae/Tarrhas) was an ancient city and former bishopric on the west coast of Sardinia, Italy.

It is currently a Latin Catholic titular see and an archaeological site near the village of San Giovanni di Sinis, municipality of Cabras, in the Province of Oristano. It is located on the southern shore of the Sinis Peninsula, which forms the northern cape of the Bay of Oristano, by the cape of San Marco. Tharros, mentioned by Ptolemy and in the Itineraries, seems to have been one of the most important places on the island.