Locri

Locri Epizefiri was founded in 680 BC on the shores of the Ionian Sea, near Capo Zefirio (from the name of a wind), by the Locrii Ozoii peoples.

Locri Epizefiri was one of the more important cities of the Magna Grecia. Plato called it "Italian flower", due to the local peoples characteristics.

Due to hard winds in the place, they moved to the actual Locri site, where the city was founded. After one century, a wall was created around the city from large blocks. Around the city there are several necropoli, some of which are very large.

Ionic temple of Marasà

In the first half of 5th century BC, the Locrians destroyed the archaic temple and rebuilt a new temple in the Ionic style. The temple was designed by Syracusean architects around 470 BC based on the idea of Ierone (tyrant of Syracuse)

The new temple has the same place as the previous one but it has a different orientation. The temple was destroyed in the 11th century. The dimensions of the temple were 45.5 meters x 19.8 meters. The cell is free by supports on the central axes. The pronaos had two columns. The temple has 17 ionic columns on the long side, and 6 on the front. The height of the temple was 12 meters.

The theater

The theater has been built not far from the ancient city, it is placed in a beatiful place, in order to take advantage of the hills. The original structure had space for more than 4,000 peoples, now it is visible only the central part of the theater.

Images

The main street

The temple File:Templ2.jpg