TRADUZIONE INGLESE DEL RIASSUNTO DEL PANNELLO : “IL TERRITORIO: QUADRO STORICO”
Territory’s history:
The archaeological researches led in the territory of Scalea have highlighted the presence of settlements that date back to the palaeolithic period (60000-35000 years), as Torre Talao caves’ discoveries show.
After the Neolithic (6000-3000 years), among the territory between ‘Capo Scalea’ and ‘La punta di Cirella’ there was a lack of documents related to that period of time.
But we know that between the VII and the VI century BC the area from Tortora to Scalea was full of settlements created by Enotris, an italic population situated in the south during the archaic period. For this phase, Scalea’s documents seem to be relevant because of the fact that near the locality of Petrosa it has been discovered an enotric settlement left behind at the end of the VI century BC. From this moment to the IV century BC, the archaeological proofs of Scalea’s area are quite scarce, maybe because of the destruction of Sibari (a greek colony that, during the archaic period, influenced the Tyrrhenian coast in politcs and economy) in 510 BC.
From successive historical sources, we know that the territory between the ancient Sibari and the current Cirella was involved in Lucanis’ settlements.
The end of the Second Punic War and the roman conquest of Bruzio represented a negative moment for the major part of the region.
For example, settlements like Blanda or Laos seem to have been left behind during the end of the III century BC.
Northern Calabria wasn’t early colonised by Romans because the territory was first led by singular owners, who were the creators of the famous villae.
TRADUZIONE INGLESE DEL RIASSUNTO DEL PANNELLO : “MATERIALI ARCHEOLOGICI DA MONTICELLO”
Archaeological materials from Monticello
In 1992, archaelogical materials were found by the authority of Calabria’s Archaeological goods in Monticello (which is not far from Fischia district ) . These ceramic fragments look like everyday objects . The majority of materials is estimated to have been made between IV/III century BC.
On one fragment you can notice the stamp of the productor : “QUST O QUSF”
The fact that this stamp has been found on other objects in close areas means there was a craftsman in Scalea .
Amphoras like the majority of ceramic objects were made locally and in Africa .
TRADUZIONE INGLESE DEL RIASSUNTO DEL PANNELLO : “IL SITO PALEOLITICO DI TORRE TALAO”
The palaeolithic site of ‘Torre Talao’
The site of ‘Torre Talao’ is made up of caverns situated on the promontory that originally was an islet.
The archeological researches have brought to light the sedimentary deposit which dates back to the Middle Paleolithic. Further of them have allowed explorers to identify the composition of such deposit, to confirm its Mousterian nature and to discover, on the eastern side of the promontory, a fossil beach limb dating back to the last interglacial period. This limb gathered inside a large cave of which currently only the walls remain, due to the erosion that the vault suffered.
Other smaller cavities open to the north and it has been possible to detect more archeological deposits inside of them.
IV° A Liceo Linguistico
Un Caffè capace di trasmettere le stesse emozioni di un'ottima tazzina di caffè consumata al bar.
