CROTONE - CALABRIA- SOUTH ITALY
Crotone
is a town of legendary origins, full of history and culture dating
back to the Magna Graecia. It is said that part of the Calabrian peninsula
was founded by a group of Achei in order to obey the Oracle of Delphi.
Crotone became the most powerful city of the Magna Graecia, winning
the Olympics, and also becoming the most important medical centre
of that time. Along the coast standing on a headland at the extreme
western side of Calabria you can admire 48 columns as ruins and remains
of one of the biggest, and most beautiful temples of the Magna Graecia
dedicated to the Roman goddess Juno named Capo Colonna. The historical
centre of Crotone is full of art and architecture of great value for
example the Town Cathedral where the statue of Madonna of Capo Colonna
is kept, and the State Archaeological Museum where archaeological
findings, some of which prehistoric, are held as remnants of the city's
glorious past. Crotone also has the honour of being the native town
where one of the world's greatest mathematicians was born and lived
for many years: Pitagora.
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