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Port 7 Alexandria, Egypt

Port 8 Catania, Sicily

Port 10 Algiers

Port 11 Gibraltar

Port 12 Lisbon, Portugal

The Nora Roman Archaelogical Site near Pula, West of Cagliari

The trip to the Nora archaeological site took about 40 minutes & the native guide knew her stuff. She also mentioned their Prime Minister 'who's name escaped her'. The site runs North-South (the sea end) & was quite extensive. Some features had been badly damaged, largely it seems, by the sea. Originally, it had been occupied by the Phoenecians (today's Palestinians), the Carthaginians & the Romans, who redeveloped the site. It had been abandoned in the Middle Ages because of the Arab Corsairs raiding the coast, the people moving to Pula, a little way inland, presumably so they would have some warning from the watchtowers, which they built for the purpose & seen below & muster to resist the attackers. By that time, Sardinia was four separate kingdoms with, unusually, written constitutions.

Nora's little Church

The Norh Watchtower

South Watchtower

Map of Nora

Amphitheatre left

Enter behind the theatre

Much still standing

Looking South-West

Cheap mosaic

Working class housing

Our party on the Main Street

West side Thermae...

...with a collapsed roof

Across the West bay

Very upper class house

Expensive mosaic (smaller pieces)

Expensive mosaic close up

Then, we were driven back to Caglieri & round the town but there were no photo-ops.


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Port 3 Trapani, Sicily

Port 4 Alanya, Turkey

Port 5 Iskenderun, Turkey

Port 6 Limassol, Cyprus

Port 7 Alexandria, Egypt

Port 8 Catania, Sicily

Port 10 Algiers

Port 11 Gibraltar

Port 12 Lisbon, Portugal


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