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In terms of the Lokroi settlement, documents depict an archaeological site (founded between the VII and the VIII century B.C.) which is around 230 hectares in size, surrounded by 7 kilometres of walls. These walls, still standing in many parts, have a rectilinear course, from the plain to the fortifications on the hill tops, and draw a rectangle that reaches the coast. The urban districts show a regular scheme, rationally planned, which is characterised by a set of parallel streets, 4.5m wide, called stenopoi (the term means “narrow streets”) creating districts of a lengthened rectangular shape
(about 27m wide). The set of stenopoi crosses a few large streets, 14m wide, called plateiai (the term means “large streets”).
The districts consisted of little houses that were attached to each other and that probably had a productive rather than a living function. The most investigated district is Centocamere.
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