Thurii
Thurii, called also by some Latin writers Thūrium, and later in Roman times also Cōpia and Cōpiae, was an ancient Greek city situated on the Gulf of Taranto, near or on the site of the great renowned city of Sybaris, whose place it may be considered as having taken.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Peter Stewart, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Photo: Peter Stewart, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Archaeological site
- Description: city of Magna Graecia, situated on the Tarentine gulf
- Also known as: “Sybaris” and “Thurium”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Sybaris and Roman Theatre of Sybaris.
Sybaris
Archaeological site
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Sybaris was an important ancient Greek city situated on the coast of the Gulf of Taranto in modern Calabria, Italy. The city was founded around 720 BC by Achaean and Troezenian settlers. Sybaris is situated 360 metres east of Thurii.
Roman Theatre of Sybaris
Ruins
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Roman Theatre of Sybaris is a ruins, which is situated 160 metres southeast of Thurii.
National Archaeological Museum of Sibaritide
Museum
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National Archaeological Museum of Sibaritide is situated 1 km north of Thurii.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Sibari and Cantinella.
Sibari
Village
Sibari is an Italian frazione of the comune of Cassano allo Ionio. It lies in the province of Cosenza which is part of the region Calabria. Sibari is situated 4½ km northwest of Thurii.
Cantinella
Village
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Cantinella is a village, which is situated 7 km southwest of Thurii.
Schiavonea
Neighborhood
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Schiavonea is a neighborhood, which is situated 8 km southeast of Thurii.
Thurii
- Categories: city, polis, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Cassano all’Ionio, Province of Cosenza, Calabria, Southern Italy, Italy, Europe
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Ancient Greek to Western Armenian—“Thurii” goes by many names.
- Ancient Greek (to 1453): “Θούριοι”
- Arabic: “ثيراي”
- Armenian: “Թուրիի”
- Asturian: “Thurii”
- Belarusian: “Турыі”
- Belarusian: “Фурыі”
- Bulgarian: “Турии”
- Catalan: “Túrion”
- Catalan: “Túrios”
- Catalan: “Turis”
- Catalan: “Túrium”
- Chinese: “图利”
- Chinese: “图里”
- Chinese: “图里伊”
- Chinese: “圖利 (古希臘)”
- Chinese: “圖里”
- Chinese: “圖里伊”
- Czech: “Thúrie”
- Danish: “Thurioi”
- Dutch: “Thurii”
- Finnish: “Thurioi”
- French: “Thourioï”
- French: “Thurium”
- German: “Thurioi”
- Greek: “Θούριοι”
- Hebrew: “ת’וריאוי”
- Indonesian: “Thurii”
- Irish: “Thurii”
- Italian: “Sibari”
- Italian: “Thurii”
- Italian: “Thurioi”
- Italian: “Thurium”
- Japanese: “トゥリ”
- Japanese: “トゥリイ”
- Japanese: “トゥリオ”
- Japanese: “トゥリオイ”
- Korean: “투리이”
- Latin: “Copiae” (historical)
- Latin: “Thurii” (historical)
- Luxembourgish: “Thurioi”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Thurioi”
- Norwegian: “Thurioi”
- Persian: “توریی”
- Polish: “Turioj”
- Portuguese: “Túrio”
- Russian: “Фурии”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Turij”
- Slovenian: “Turioi”
- Spanish: “Turios”
- Swedish: “Thurioi”
- Turkish: “Thurii”
- Western Armenian: “Թուրյի”
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