The mosaics of Patti Marina: the Roman villa that lives beneath the viaduct
Near Tindari, beneath the A20 viaduct, the Roman villa of Patti Marina reveals mosaics with animals and garlands, almost always deserted.
Jun 23, 2026Rovine romane, città greche, necropoli etrusche, nuraghi e templi antichi lontani dai grandi circuiti turistici: archeologia in silenzio, senza code.
Near Tindari, beneath the A20 viaduct, the Roman villa of Patti Marina reveals mosaics with animals and garlands, almost always deserted.
Jun 23, 2026
Above Cefalù, the Temple of Diana is a sanctuary of Cyclopean stone around an ancient cistern, ignored by those who crowd the cathedral.
Jun 23, 2026
In the Malopera valley, in Calabria, the Caves of Zungri are more than a hundred houses hewn from the sandstone: a medieval cave village.
Jun 23, 2026
At Carsulae, near San Gemini, an early Christian church born from Roman stones tells the story of the passage from pagan to Christian.
Jun 23, 2026
At Capo di Ponte, in Italy's first archaeological park, more than a hundred rocks guard the rock carvings of the Camunni: eight thousand years of history.
Jun 23, 2026
At Schiavi d'Abruzzo, on the Colle della Torre, two Samnite temples over two thousand years old look out in silence over the Trigno valley.
Jun 23, 2026
On Calabria's Ionian tip, at Capo Colonna near Crotone, a single Doric column remains: the last witness of the great sanctuary of Hera.
Jun 23, 2026
In the Grecìa Salentina, near Martano, the archaeological park of Apigliano guards among the olive trees the ruins of a medieval Byzantine village.
Jun 23, 2026
Near the sea of Metaponto, fifteen Doric columns have stood for 25 centuries among the fields: the Magna Graecia temple that few come looking for.
Jun 23, 2026