🏛️ Sybaris-Croton
Overlapping ancient Greek colonies in Calabria
📌 Fast Facts
- Located near Crotone in Calabria, southern Italy
- Site of two successive Greek colonies: Sybaris (8th–6th century BCE) and Croton (6th century BCE onward)
- Sybaris was destroyed by Croton in 510 BCE
- UNESCO World Heritage Site as part of the Magna Graecia archaeological parks
Sybaris-Croton represents a layered palimpsest of ancient Greek colonial settlement in southern Italy. The site encompasses remains of ...