The study of the Meso-Cenozoic successions of the Pre-Apulian zone is hampered by the complex geological structure of the Ionian Islands, due to tectonic juxtaposition of sedimentary units with different facies sequences. Stratigraphic and structural data illustrate the complex paleogeographic history of the study area , where the kinematics of the external Hellenides play a key role during the syn- and post-collisional phases.