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the territory of the commune of Cabras.6 In more recent years, the resumption
of archaeological research in Nora has made it possible to identify an aisled
Christian basilica with a western apse not far from the Roman baths (called
terme a mare).7
The archaeological situation of the basilica of San Gavino a Porto Torres is
more complex (Fig. 18.7).8 Here, in the 1960s, excavations beneath the northern
aisle of the Romanesque structure revealed part of a late antique aisled church
with an apse facing west. This structure was accompanied by another large
aisled church with an apse on its east, in the outlying area next to the same
side of the Romanesque cathedral, which was excavated in the 1990s (Fig. 18.8).
6 Pasquale Testini, “Il battistero di Tharros,” in Atti del XIII congresso di Storia dell’architettura
(Sardegna) (Rome, 1966), pp. 191–199.
7 Giorgio Bejor, “Una basilica a Nora,” in I Congresso Nazionale di Archeologia Medievale: audi-
torium del Centro studi della Casa di risparmio di Pisa (ex Benedettine): Pisa, 29–31 maggio 1997,
ed. Sauro Gelichi (Florence, 1997), pp. 251–253.
8 Letizia Pani Ermini, et al., Indagini archeologiche nel complesso di S. Gavino a Porto Torres:
scavi 1989–2003 (Rome, 2006).
Figure 18.1 Cornus. Hypothetical reconstruction of the basilica.
From Giuntella, 1999.