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Area: Paestum archaeological site
Journey time: 7 hours
Departure: from accommodation
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Equipment: trekking shoes, top parts, water supply, camera, hat, binoculars. |
Description: Paestum was a major center of Magna Graecia.
The foundation of the city had the need to open the Sybarites had a trade route between the Ionian and the Tyrrhenian Sea, avoiding the circumnavigation of the Calabrian coast and the Strait of Messina.La colony, located in a strategic point, was named in honor of Poseidon Poseidon, god of the sea. It was in 510 BC., After the destruction of Sybaris by the work of Crotone, when many fled to sybaritic Poseidon with their wealth, their experience and their spirit of enterprise, the city reached a high level of economic and political power . From this period dates the construction of three temples known by the name of the Basilica, the Temple of Poseidon and Temple of Ceres, contemporary fresco greek to that one so far discovered in the tomb of the diver.
In 273 BC The Romans occupied Poseidon, who thus became the Paestum and its faithful during their domination in the third century BC, the economic and cultural activities flourished again: new public buildings were built, as the amphitheater, the hole and the gymnasium, which helped donate to the city that aspect of the excavations have brought to light.
Among the factors that led to the decline of Paestum, the construction of new roads for trade in the East epidemic of malaria in the ninth century, combined with the raids of Saracen pirates that the Paestum forced to flee to the mountains, and abandon the ' ancient Posidonia. The hike to admire the Doric temples, the Temple of Neptune, the largest and best preserved temples of Paestum, the so-called Temple of Italy, the Capitolium the city that is dedicated to the triad Jupiter, Juno and Minerva.
The Temple of Athena, built around 500 BC, the center of the shrine north of the city, is one of the happiest examples of temple architecture of Ancient Greece; Amphitheatre, a structure for public performances typical of Roman , where he mainly plays the gladiatorial games, and hunting wild animals. Optional lunch in a restaurant, where you can taste the delicious cuisine, including a world renowned mozzarella, known as "white gold of Campania. |
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