Historical place profile
Turris Libisonis
A settlement of northwestern Sardinia, located at the mouth of the Mannu River. The site served as a port in Phoenician, Carthaginian, and Roman phases of occupation. The modern Porto Torres stands on the site, about 10 miles distant from Sassari.
Record details
- Research ID
- catholon:place:pleiades:472035
- Catalogue ID
- pleiades:472035
- Place type
- archaeological-site, port, settlement
- Coordinates
- 40.837236, 8.395662
- Precision
- precise
- Locator semantics
- representative_point_not_boundary
Historical description
A settlement of northwestern Sardinia, located at the mouth of the Mannu River. The site served as a port in Phoenician, Carthaginian, and Roman phases of occupation. The modern Porto Torres stands on the site, about 10 miles distant from Sassari.
Geographic evidence
The coordinates are a representative_point_not_boundary. They identify a research anchor and do not by themselves assert an ancient administrative boundary or the full extent of the settlement.
Provenance: Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 48 A2 Turris Libisonis
Source and reuse
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Research path
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