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Capo Colonna is the easternmost point of Calabria, located 12 kilometers southeast of Crotone. In 708 BC the colony of Kroton (Crotone) was founded as part of the so-called Greek colonization (8th-6th century BC). The coastal strip south of Kroton with the Capo Colonna or, as it was called at that time, the Akron Lakinion soon belonged to the territory of the polis. On the cape was the main sanctuary of the city dedicated to the goddess Hera Lacinia, The Temple of Hera Lacinia is a ruined and the last remaining feature is this Doric column. Pythagoras of Samos, Greek philosopher and the eponymous founder of Pythagoreanism, lived in Croton, where he founded a school for his numerous followers.

The structure was built by the Basilian monks of Salice Salentino probably between the 11th and 13th centuries. In the 16th century, the church and the icon were described in a manuscript that tells of an Ottoman attempt to destroy or steal the painting that allegedly took place in 1519. The church was rebuilt several times over the centuries. In the 18th century, it was converted into a hermitage, and in 1897 it acquired its current appearance.