![]() ![]() Materials from Greece and Greek colonies of the Tyrrhenian and Ionian, Hipponion-Vibo Valentia, Rosarno-Medma, and Reggio, were exhibited, while in the Hall of Apollo of Cirò there were finds from various locations in Calabria. Up until the enlargement of the years 19, the collections included a Prehistoric and Protohistoric section, opened in 1962, a very rich group of finds from Locri, an important numismatic section, a Lapidarium, and a Picture Gallery, which was inaugurated in 1969 in collaboration within the Superintendent Raffaello Causa and the architect Aldo Grillo. In 1954, Superintendent Alfonso De Franciscis partially opened the Museum to the public. The idea of creating a National Museum with the finds brought to light in the excavation campaigns in the main sites of Calabria took concrete shape through the archaeologist Paolo Orsi’s commitment to the fusion of local collections and state ones. Numerous material testimonies to this civilization can be found in the illustrious history of the region. Starting from the VIII Century BC, peoples from the Peloponnese colonized the eastern coasts of Calabria, founding the first Hellenistic centers, which then expanded into a network of cities that made up the colonies of Magna Graecia: Hipponion, Kaulon, Krimisa, Kroton, Locri Epizefiri, Medma, Methauros, Rhegion, Skylletion, Sibaris, Temesa, Terina. ![]() Calabria was, along with Sicily, the pulsating, vital heart of Magna Graecia. ![]()
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