Gulf of Taranto Situated
in the center of the Gulf of Taranto Sibari is the ideal Base for
voyages towrds the Adriatic, Sicily, Malta, Greece or Turkey.
Sibari
Excavations of Sibari
SIBARI
Sibari, the most ancient
and famous Hellenic colony
in Magna Graecia, was
founded by the
Peloponnesian Ackaeans in
the VIII century B.C. in
the centre of the Gulf of
Taranto, among the
terminal stretches of the
Rivers Krathis and Sybaris
(today's Crati ana Coscile),
whose mouths offered
excellent mooring
possibilities. The city,
thanks to the fertility of
its plain in which it was
situated, became the main
peopling centre of the
district and one of the
greatest in the ancient
world. Its inhabitants
were estimated about
300,000. Besides the
agricultural activities
the commercial ones
developed very soon, which
made Sibari the greatest
trading centre among the
cities of the eastern
Mediterranean and the
Italic western world, as
well as an active traffic
bridge among Greece,
Italic Hellas and Etruria.
Between the half of the
VII century and the lust
decades of the VI, Sibari
reached the apogee of its
power and wealth. But
together with its economic
prosperity and political
power there was a custom
decadence which made the
Sybarites famous for their
magnificence, refinement
and lust. All of this
excited the envy of many
cities, especially of the
powerful Croton which,
under the influence of the
philosopher Pythagoras,
was experiencing a period
of revival of all the
civil, spiritual and moral
virtues. Shortly before
510 B.C. when the tyranny
of Telis was established,
the partisans of the
overthrown aristocratic
government took refuge in
Croton which refused to
hand them over to the
tyrant. As a result a
battle on the River
Traente (today's Trionto)
took -place which turned
into the victory of the
Crotoniates who, after a
few weeks' siege, forced
Sibari to surrender. The
city was razed to the
ground and, according to
what Herodotus reports
(V45), the Crotoniates
diverted the course of the
River Crati so that it
flew onto the ruins.
The city, which was long
sought by the
archaeologists, was
located for certain and
brought to light as from
the sixties. The
excava¬tions have not only
shown the remains of the
ancient Sibari but also
wider ruins of Turi, the
Panhellenic colony which
was built on it in 444
-443 B.C. and became later
on (194 B.C.) the Roman
colony of Copia.
As to reach
Boat
The landing
away sea is
situated to
39° 45' 12" N
latitude
and 16° 29'
83" And
longitude
Auto
Highway A3
Salerno -
Reggio
Calabria Km
208:
- Gone out
Sibari - I
Sign -
- SS 534 - SS
106 - Marina
of Sibari
or Highway A14
gone out for
Taranto
- SS106 -
Sibari
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