Sunday 05 March 2017

Paestum Ancient city of Campania situated at the Tyrrhenian coast, south of Salerno and was once one of the main centers of Ancient Greece. The oldest traces of human settlement on the site date back to the Paleolithic; more substantial are the testimonies related to the Bronze Age (see culture Gaudo). Around 600 BC, the Greeks from Sybaris founded a city, which gave the name of Posidonia, and built the largest sanctuary was just north at the mouth of the river Sele. At the end of the fifth century BC Paestum was conquered by Lucan, under which experienced a period of prosperity and reached its greatest territorial expansion; in 273 BC the Romans established their colony, changing the city's name to the current one. In imperial Paestum began a long and gradual decline, until the final abandonment, in the eighth century, due to silting of zona.La city, which is known to the entire extent, it has been only partially excavated through the Archaeological excavations. Bordered by thick walls (V-III century BC), exhibits along the route of the Roman Cardo the main buildings: to the north is the Temple of Athena (once believed the Temple of Ceres) 500 ca. BC At the center extends the public area, two distinct eras: the Greek city sull'agor