Capo Colonna

Capo Colonna (sometimes Capo Colonne or Capo della Colonne) is a cape in Calabria located near Crotone. In ancient Roman times the promontory was called Promunturium Lacinium (Ancient Greek: Λακίνιον ἄκρον). The modern name derives from the remaining column of the Temple of Hera Lacinia.

The peninsula was the site of a great sanctuary of Hera from the 7th c. BC, the most famous in Magna Graecia.

Later the Romans built the fortified town of Lacinium over the area.

The entire peninsula is now within the Capo Colonna Archaeological Park and a museum nearby houses important finds.

Excavations from 2014 have greatly increased knowledge of the site.