Neapolis (Sardinia)

The name Neapolis, meaning ‘new city’, belongs to an ancient Sardinian settlement founded by the Carthaginians in the sixth century BC. It stood on the west coast, at the southern end of the Gulf of Oristano, in what is now the località of Santa Maria di Nabui, within the comune of Guspini, Province of South Sardinia. Apparently one of the island’s most important Carthaginian places, its precise appearance and dimensions remain largely lost; the site today offers traces of walls and foundations, scattered among the Mediterranean scrub. A Roman colony later occupied the same spot, but the original Punic character lingers in the name. For the curious traveller, it is a quiet, sun-bleached field of stones, more evocative than explanatory.

Description via source. Coordinates and heritage data from the Atika atlas.