Megalithic Portal: Latest from Calabria, Italy

Giganti di Pietra di Campana

Anonymous — Thu, 20 Jun 2024 08:19:11 GMT

Sculptured Stone in Calabria

Sybaris

Armand — Wed, 19 Dec 2018 19:45:28 GMT

]]>Sybaris was an important city of Magna Graecia. It was situated on the Gulf of Taranto, in Calabria, Southern Italy, between two rivers, the Crathis (Crati) and the Sybaris (Coscile). The city was founded in 720 BC by Achaean and Troezenian settlers. Sybaris amassed great wealth thanks to its fertile land and busy port. Its inhabitants became famous among the Greeks for their hedonism, feasts, and excesses, to the extent that "sybarite" and "sybaritic" have become bywords for opulent luxury and outrageous pleasure-seeking.

Locri Epizefiri

Armand — Wed, 19 Dec 2018 19:42:41 GMT

]]>A city of Magna Graecia, founded on the Ionian Sea in the 7th century BC by Greeks from Locri. Locri Epizefiri was the last of the Greek colonies founded on the territory of the current Calabria. The settlers, who arrived at the beginning of the seventh century BC, settled initially at the Zephyrion Acra (Cape Zefirio), today Capo Bruzzano,

Marina di Gioiosa Jonica

Armand — Wed, 19 Dec 2018 17:31:42 GMT

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Caulonia

Armand — Wed, 19 Dec 2018 17:29:35 GMT

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Scolacium

Armand — Wed, 19 Dec 2018 17:27:39 GMT

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Via Appia (Traiana)

Armand — Tue, 18 Dec 2018 16:40:50 GMT

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Museo Archeologico di Monasterace

davidmorgan — Sat, 06 Aug 2016 11:21:39 GMT

Museum in Calabria

Poseidonia Temple of Poseidon

AlexHunger — Thu, 17 Dec 2015 00:18:27 GMT

]]>A nearly perfectly preserved ancient Greek Doric Temple, construction was begun between 474 and 450 BCE. It measures 24 metres by 60 metres and has 6 by 14 columns. There are some indications it might have been a converted temple of Zeus or second Temple of Hera.

Grotta del Romito

coldrum — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 20:20:02 GMT

Cave or Rock Shelter in Calabria

Eleia Temple

AlexHunger — Sun, 09 Sep 2007 18:25:31 GMT

Ancient Temple in Campania

Hipponion Temples

AlexHunger — Sun, 09 Sep 2007 18:25:11 GMT

Ancient Temple in Calabria

Locri Epizephyrii

AlexHunger — Sun, 09 Sep 2007 18:24:38 GMT

Ancient Greek Settlement in Calabria

Poseidonia Temple of Hera

AlexHunger — Sun, 09 Sep 2007 18:23:32 GMT

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Poseidonia Temple of Athena

AlexHunger — Sun, 09 Sep 2007 18:23:01 GMT

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