The city’s prosperity is connected directly to its harbor, the only suitable natural basin on the route between Tarentum, Puglia and the Strait of Messina at Sicily, and to the ever-growing number of tourists, attracted by the beauty of the natural marine area.ĭISCOVER THE ANCIENT TRAIL OF ‘Punta Scifo D’ Eight promontories edge this safe area, the first of which, Capo Colonna, hosts an important archaeological site, evidence of the Magna Graecia period. Even, regarding sea attractions, quite famous are the seaside resorts within the MPA “Capo Rizzuto”. Nowadays, Crotone and its hinterland offers - still intact - extremely varied natural sea attractions, not far from the mountains and other natural landscapes of geological interest. This city is the home of several factories and enterprises, mainly devoted to farming typical Mediterranean crops. Founded by Achaeans -Greek settlers, in the 8th century B.C., it was one of the most important centers of Ancient Greece due to its strategic position on the Ionian Sea that still now makes the city a crucial point in the Mediterranean basin. Crotone is located on the Ionian coastline of the region that the Romans called Lucania and Bruttii.
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