The town is best known for the ruins of the ancient Greek city of Metapontum. A 1 km stretch of beach with white powdery sand is a further tourist attraction. Image File history File linksMetadata No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File linksMetadata No higher resolution available. ... The term ancient Greece refers to the periods of Greek history in Classical Antiquity, lasting ca. ... This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ...
Coordinates: 40°22′25″N16°48′24″E / 40.37361, 16.80667 Map of Earth showing lines of latitude (horizontally) and longitude (vertically), Eckert VI projection; large version (pdf, 1. ...
The last offshoot of the plane which extends from the low hills of Matera towards the Jonian sea, visitors are offered a vast coastline of very fine, golden sand and large beaches of sand and pebbles on the stretch of coast further to the south which faces the Pollino National Park.
Here in the VIII B.C. the cities of the Megale Hellas' (Magna Graecia) were founded and comprised Metaponto, Heraclea (today Policoro), Siris and Pandosia which hosted personalities like Pythagoras and were the scenes of terrible battles such as the one fought by Pyrrhus against the Romans.
Signs of this historic past can be found at the archaeological digs in Metaponto and Policoro and in their very important museums, which have so many exhibits that, despite the vast show area available, not everything can be displayed.
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