The Greek settlers built a sanctuary on the top of the hill (the so-called Acropolis), on the site of a pre-existing lapygian village. The sacred site, delimited and partly terraced by a dry stone wall, was already attended at the very beginning of the Greek colonisation, as shown by two votive deposits containing terracotta vases and statuettes. These finds, dating back to the mid-VII century and the beginning of the VI century B.C., were used in religious practices or offered to the deity by the believers. The votive deposits were sealed when a small temple was built at the beginning of the VI century B.C. The building (approximately 4 x 8 m) had a rectangular, E/W oriented plan. It was partially set on a podium that compensated for the height difference on which it was built. The façade was supposed to be facing east; the roof was decorated with semicircular terracotta pieces placed at the ends of the beams or at the top of the tiles, depicting the face of a Gorgon. Only a large block wall, part of its foundation on the west side, has survived of this building. Around the temple there were other objects used for rites; in the IV century B.C. the area was partly paved with stone slabs and a small altar was built.