Visit to the Scolacium Museum and National Archaeological Park

The land of Magna Graecia and the Romans lives again in the National Archaeological Museum and Park of Scolacium, the ancient city that was later Norman, immersed in a park of centuries-old olive trees facing the Gulf of Squillace, in the province of Catanzaro.

A stone's throw from the shore of the Ionian Sea, along the Costa degli Aranci, immersed in a centuries-old olive grove extending over 35 hectares, stands the Scolacium National Archaeological Museum and Park. A place of tranquillity and beauty, among the most important national archaeological parks in Calabria.

Let's take a dip back in time and discover the history, legends and beautiful landscapes offered by this glimpse of antiquity.

The Scolacium Museum completes the visit to the Scolacium Archaeological Park. Its rooms are the place where the main archaeological finds from the excavations and the gigantic statues are exhibited.

The important cycle of Roman statuary and portraiture culminates with the most striking artefact, the colossal bronze forearm acquired by Superintendent Orsi in the early 20th century.

The visit to the Scolacium Museum and National Archaeological Park, which lasts about an hour and a half, concludes with an interesting tour of industrial archaeology inside the Mazza Oil Mill (1934), where it is possible to admire the ancient presses for pressing olives and other artefacts related to Calabrian rural life.

A trip to the Scolacium Museum and National Archaeological Park is the perfect opportunity to discover the entire coastline, from Catanzaro Lido to the Bay of the Hippocampus in Soverato, stopping at some of the most beautiful beaches on the Costa degli Aranci.