Tavira Guide

The narrowest section of the wall, and the part which is on display at the future Phoenician Museum (Netos), was uncovered by the current construction and archaeological work underway in the year 2005. It was part of the expected extension to the NE. Only 5m were uncovered, part of which is situated on Calçada de [...]

Phoenician walls
At the end of the VIIIth century, a population of Semitic descent or culture, belonging to the group which classical sources refer to as the Phoenicians, arrived on the Peninsula which is today known as Colina de Santa Maria, the place where the city of Tavira was born. They settled here and built a [...]