About the middle of the seventies Mr
Giannino Furlanis, Commendatore, cherished
the idea to realize "Marina Laghi di
Sibari". At that time he was engaged with
the construction of a difficult stretch of
the SA-RC motorway on the Apennines. To
carry out that idea, they chose an area of
about 2 million square meters with a
coastline extending over 2200 meters
between the River Crati and' the Stombi,
a reclamation canal. The plan was carried out by Gino
Valle, one of the most famous Italian
architects. . The key-idea was to realize
facilities for pleasure boating in harmony
with their barycentric position in the
Mediterranean Sea with the utmost respect
for nature and landscape. Benefiting from
the coastal outlet of the Stombi, they
created a north-south system of canals and
wet docks on which lies the holiday
village made up of self-sufficient
peninsulas. The canal-and wet dock system
was linked up with a main canal running
parallel to the coastline which is about
150 meters away. Con¬sequently, a
residential centre known as "Marina Laghi
di Sibari" closely connected with pleasure
boating with international moor¬ings was
developed. So they provided the harbour
and its access with sufficient depth so as
to ensure the presence of big boats and a
suitable dockyard assistance.
In the lakes which cover 420,000 square
meters, about 2,800 boats can be docked;
that's why "Marina Laghi di Sibari" can be
considered the largest and safest place
for the sheltering, stopping and
maintenance of boats in the Mediterranean
Sea. There are some other very important
qualifications that make "Marina Laghi di
Sibari" an ideal place for seafarers:
• It is situated along a coastline which
offers a concentration of other shelters
at a middle distance of less than 20 miles.
Its access is protected against the
prevailing wind.
• Its depths are safe and the undulatory
motion at the piers is limited.
• It has a fit docking system.
• It has a large sea-room.
• It is the most important east-west
mooring place in the periplus of the
Mediterranean Sea for pleasure boating
towards the African coast, Greece and the
Near East.
"Marina Laghi di Sibari" is all that a
managed entrepreneurial group is able to
realize in the productive organization of
the territory.
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