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Cothon van Motya

The oldest artificial harbour basin in Europe, Phoenician, now partly sunk.

Dated events and their evidence

• 750 BCE mainstream
  the so-called 'Kothon' (harbour or sacred pool - debated) of the 8th century BCE; sacked by Dionysius I in 398 BCE, partly submerged source

Where

37.8700° N, 12.4700° E

Sources

• https://doi.org/10.15184/aqy.2022.8
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motya

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