[3] The area around Capo Colonna, the easternmost point of the province, revealed numerous archaeological remains of Stone Age settlements, with large quantities of Neolithic pottery being found.

Pythagoras moved to Croton in around 530 BC, and a medical school was also based in the region at around this time.

The city Crotone participated in the Second Punic War, in which, it rebelled and fought against its Roman Republic rulers.

To the south and east, the province has a coastline on the Gulf of Taranto, part of the Mediterranean Sea.

The historic town of Santa Severina dates back to the ninth century BC when the Enotri, an ancient Italian tribe, inhabited the region.

In the main square stands the Cathedral of Saint Anastasia, which dates back to 1274, and nearby is the Baptistry, a fine example of Byzantine architecture from the seventh to ninth centuries, and probably the oldest such structure in Calabria.

On the other side of the castle stands the eleventh century Church of Santo Filomena, another fine Byzantine edifice.

During the Second Punic War it had a defensive wall, but this did not prevent the Romans from storming it and massacring the citizens.

The Cathedral of San Donato has a crypt which was originally a Greek temple, with Doric columns.