Heritage sites, Archaeological discoveries, History of Archaeology

Giardini Naxos

Location

island of Sicily

Country

Italy

Year of Research

734 BCE

Culture

Ancient Naxos is to be established by Thucles the Chalcidian in 734 BCE, it was never a powerful city, but its temple of Apollo Archegetes, protecting deity of all the Greek colonies, gave it prominence in the religious of affairs.
The most activity of the site is shifted to neighbouring Tauromenium and it is inhabited.Prior to the early 1970s Giardini Naxos was a quiet fishing village.
Now it is a popular tourist destination, famous for its beaches , the Ionian Sea, and its small, but bustling fishing port.From this site both the Leontini and Catania were colonized.In 494 BCE,it was captured by Hippocrates, tyrant of Gela.
In 403 BCE at the hands of Dionysius the tyrant,its action to Syracuse basically led to its capture and destruction.Later,it had supported Athens during that city\'s disastrous Sicilian Expedition.
It enchants foreign visitors and Italians alike, many of whom own summer residences in the comune.
The seafront, Via Tysandros, is bounded with hotels, smaller pensions, pubs, restaurants and pizzerias.