Ancient Mediterranean Ports

History, Culture, Ecology & Peace in the Mediterranean

Ancient Greek colonies

The Phoenicians, the Greeks, the Romans and other ancient civilizations used harbors and coves as anchorages for their ships, and it is where the first settlements were created. Today, there have been identified at least 272 such sites in 23 Mediterranean countries. In the recent past, many of these areas have tried to come into contact with each other, to network and collaborate on social, economic, cultural and environmental level. Such a major collaborative initiative began in 1995, when the Union of Ancient Greek Ports was founded, based in ancient Agathe, today’s Agde in southern France. The cities that formed this Union are: a) Larnaca and Paphos in Cyprus, b) Alexandria in Egypt, c) Agathe-Agde, Antipole-Antibes, Thilini-Arles, Nice-Nice, Olbia-Hyeres and Aleria in France, d) Fasis-Poti in Georgia, e) Chalkis, Pythagorean, Patras, Piraeus, Rhodes and Ithaca in Greece, f) Celery-Castel Vetrano, Castor-Crotone, Sybaris-Cassano Ionio, Santa Severina, Bova, Cerenzia, Cino Marina, Locri, Naxos-Naxos and Strongoli in Italy, g) Byblos - Byblos in Lebanon, h) Callatis-Mangalia in Romania, i) Gadeira-Candix and Trade-Escala Empuries in Spain, j) Djerba-Djerba in Tunisia and finaly, k) Sevastoupolis-Sevastopol in Ukraine.

Ancient Ships

According to a popular saying "the culture comes from the sea". In antiquity, a harbor was the key area of communication, trade and defense of a city. The ships that left the ancient Greek ports, transported goods, ideas and the democratic spirit of the colony, across the Mediterranean, from Tanaida to Tartessos, outside
 Gibraltar.
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Mission

The mission of the Ancient Mediterranean Ports program 

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