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44 places in the atlas, 7 of them inscribed as UNESCO World Heritage.
🇮🇹 Italy · Buried city
Archaic to Hellenistic (720 – 300 BCE) · Achaean Greek / Sybarite
Southern stoa quarter of Sybaris 5 m under Crati alluvium — 80 m Doric stoa at –5 m and potters' kilns south of main park.
🇮🇹 Italy · Buried city
Archaic to Roman (727 BCE – 300 CE) · Achaean Greek / Athenian / Roman
Central trapezoid city stack of Sybaris-Thurii-Copia under Crati — stoa at –4 m, forum at –1.5 m.
🇮🇹 Italy · Buried city
Archaic to Roman (720 BCE – 300 CE) · Achaean Greek / Thurian / Roman
Achaean Sybaris underneath 6 m Crati alluvium — western trapezoid buried port quay and archaic stoa, 3 cities stacked.
🇮🇹 Italy · Ancient city
Archaic to Roman (720 BCE – 7th c. CE) · Achaean Greek / Athenian / Roman (Bruttian interlude)
Richest Achaean colony, drowned by diverted river and then 9 m of alluvium hiding three successive cities.
