The Permanent Cultural Center on Sea Ancient Traditions

Founded and run by the Magna Grecia Mare Association, in partnership with the Municipality of Tricase, it was inaugurated on 30th April 2006, along with the Museum of Traditional Boats and the School of Lateen Sailing and Ancient Seafaring. It is located in the Casotto of the Port of Tricase, on the South Quay of the Old Port, hosting the legal and operational headquarters of the Ecomuseo di Venere.

It is a place of research, collection and deepening of knowledge related to the traditions of the sea and to the coastal population, a useful growth factor of coastal areas, their activities and their peoples.

It is the center of all the cultural initiatives, conferences, seminars, courses, workshops. It is a site for the dissemination of the Mediterranean culture, and for sharing knowledge with prestigious institutions, associations, museums and national and international organizations, with which the Centre has established and continues to tighten fruitful collaboration and exchange. It is the beating heart of the Port-Museum.