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Capo Colonna is a cape in Calabria located near Crotone. In ancient Roman times the promontory was called Promunturium Lacinium. 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.

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Capo Colonna is a cape in Calabria located near Crotone. In ancient Roman times the promontory was called Promunturium Lacinium. 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.

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