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Magna Graecia built this scenic fortress at least 2,400 years ago.
The area around the coast of Calabria, near the town of Isola di Capo Rizzuto, is part of the Marine Protected Area of Capo Rizzuto, one of the largest in Italy. On a small peninsula along this coast, this beautiful castle can't be missed. Known now as Castello Aragonese, the structure dates back to the Greek colonization of Southern Italy, an area then called Magna Graecia. The Greeks built a fortress on the peninsula around the 5th-century BC that was later used by the Romans. At one point, Castello Aragonese was a refuge for Carthaginian general Hannibal as he and his forces retreated during the Second Punic War against Rome.
