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Name: Antiquarium Gioiosa Guardia
Type: Museums
Classification: Museum type: archaeological, Ownership: municipal
The archaeological site of Gioiosa Guardia, located on the heights of Mount Meliuso in the Gioiosa Marea area, represents an ancient settlement distinguished by its strategic and panoramic position on the Tyrrhenian coast. The area preserves the remains of an ancient settlement, inhabited since protohistoric times and subsequently developed during the Greek and medieval periods.
The site testifies to the presence of an organized community, with traces of dwellings, defensive structures, and settlements that testify to the long continuity of life on the mountain. Abandoned in subsequent centuries, Gioiosa Guardia is today an important archaeological site that allows us to understand the historical transformations of the territory between the hilly interior and the coastal strip.
