MUSEO ARCHEOLOGICO NAZIONALE

This museum, one of the richest in the region, will be of interest to visitors wishing to learn more about the life and culture of Magna Grecia. It preserves important archaeological repertories from the Crotone area covering a wide period from Prehistory to the Middle Ages, with a particular focus on the Greek period. The ground floor is dedicated to Prehistory and the Iron Age, with votive terracotta statuettes, bronze weapons and tools, and ceramics from Crotone, Capo Colonna, Ciro and Caulonia, including Greek vases with black and red figures. The first floor is dedicated to the finds made in the urban area of Crotone (rings of chains from the sanctuary of Vignanuova) and its immediate surroundings (beautiful terracotta from Sant'Anna). Other sanctuaries in the area (the temple of Apollo Alaios in Cirò Marina, the Doric temple of Caulonia...) have yielded interesting material, such as architectural terracotta decorations. The most important section is dedicated to the repertories unearthed during the excavations of the sanctuary of Hera Lacinia in Capo Colonna. In addition to architectural fragments in marble and terracotta, one can admire the objects displayed in the showcases of the Tesoro di Hera (Treasure of Hera): offerings in gold, silver and bronze and, above all, a magnificent gold tiara from the 6th century B.C. that was to girdle the head of the statue of the divinity.