Martone (Calabrian: Màrtuni) is a town and comune in the province of Reggio Calabria, Calabria, in southern Italy. Martone has very ancient origins that go back to between the VII and VIII century. The founders were Greek monks who came from the Byzantine Orient, who incised so deeply in the social-economic fabric of this Region.These monks were travelling from Cappadocia, from Syria, from Palestine, from Libya from Egypt, and from Greece proper, chased by Syrian persecutions, to find refuge in Sicily and Calabria.