Mozia

Housed in the Palazzina Whitaker, this museum displays Phoenician–Punic finds from the island, including tomb stelae, ceramics, and the famous Motya Charioteer—a rare 5th‑century BC marble statue of Greek origin.

A domestic residence featuring a courtyard with intricate pebble mosaics, depicting geometric and hunting scenes typical of later Phoenician‑Greek influence.

V‑century BC aristocratic house including a small domestic shrine, destroyed and burnt during the 397 BC siege.

A rectangular freshwater basin carved into the rock, fed by a spring and surrounded by temples to Baʿal and Astarte—interpreted as a sacred pool rather than a harbour.

Ruins of a military barracks destroyed and burned during the 397 BC siege by Syracuse—evidence of the city’s fierce final defence.

The Northern gate complex features triple arches flanked by towers, and leads onto the stone-paved submerged causeway—a 1 km link to the mainland, once visible above water and now still detectable underwater.

Opus quadratum stone walls up to 5 m thick, reinforced with square towers—the East Tower is well-preserved and offers a view into Phoenician military architecture.

Phoenician‑Punic sanctuary and burial ground with layers of urns, stelae, altars—a rare site of child‑cremation rituals from the 8th–4th centuries BC.