- The best way to study ancient architecture is to study on-site. The ruins of Paestum are famous for their three ancient Greek temples in the Doric order.
- If you're staying in Naples or the Amalfi Coast, visiting Paestum is a fantastic side trip and shows a different era of this region's history.
- History of the Paestum Archaeological Site. Paestum, or Poseidonia as it was originally known, was founded by Greeks from Sybaris in the 6th century BC.
- The Temple of Hera Paestum, the Temples of Neptune and Athena (Ceres), as well as the Paestum Museum, offers visitors a chance to journey back in time.
- It is protected behind a lagoon, in which probably once housed the harbor. To the east and south, Paestum is delimited by the Cilento Mountains.
- Paestum, also known by its original Greek name as Poseidonia, was a Greek colony founded on the west coast of Italy, some 80 km south of modern-day...
- Paestum is a Greco-Roman site located south of Naples which contains the stunning remains of three ancient Greek temples which still stand tall today.
- Paestum was an important Greek city from the 6th century BC, then later a Roman city from the 3rd century BC, to the south-east of Naples.
- The ancient ruins at Paestum are among the only Greek ruins left on Italy’s mainland, and they’re definitely the best-preserved.
- History of Paestum. Poseidonia, or the City of Poseidon, was founded in the 6th century BC by Greek colonists from Sybaris.