Around 330 B.C. the Carthaginians built a wall in the Punic city of Olbia for defensive purposes. Turin Street contains the best-preserved section of wall pertaining to the western sector of the circuit that defended the city on the side facing inland. The remains of a keep, an entrance and a section of the curtain wall are preserved. All made of large, square granite blocks that in some cases retain ashlar. A short distance away, in the square of the residential complex on Aqueduct Street, through two glass pyramids it is possible to see the remains of an additional portion of the wall at which a monetary treasure from the late second century AD was found in which there were mainly coins of Emperor Commodus.
Menu
