The archaeological area of Capo Colonna is a state archaeological site located in Capo Colonna, near Crotone, reachable via a coastal road from the capital. It is included in the list of national monuments.
The sanctuary of Hera Lacinia of Capo Colonna, dependent on the ancient city of Crotone, was one of the most important sanctuaries of the Magna Grecia from the archaic age until the 4th century BC, that is until it was the seat of the Italiota league before it moved to Taranto.
The site of the sanctuary was in a strategic position along the coastal routes that connected Taranto to the Strait of Messina, on a promontory called in ancient times Lacinion, which also gave the epithet to the venerated goddess, Hera Lacinia.
The present name instead recalls the ruins of the temple (with the last "column" standing), while the name used until modern times, "Capo Nao", is nothing but a contraction of the Greek naos, which means temple.
The sanctuary was built at the end of the 6th century BC and was also called Hera of Eleytheria, as evidenced by an inscription on the Lacinion cippus at the National Archaeological Museum of Crotone. In the 16th century it was almost completely looted to reuse building materials.
Free entry
Days and opening hours: Museum: Tuesday-Sunday 9.00-13.00 / 15.00-19.00; Park: Monday-Sunday 9.00-18.00 Weekly closing: Monday (Museum); Booking: None
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Address: Strada Provinciale 49, 88900
Phone: 0962 934814
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