Located in the southern area of Salerno near the Thirrenyan coast, Paestum is an ancient city of Campania Region, one of the most important ancient center of the Magna Grecia. Paestum was builted by Greeks in the 600 b.c. and was called Poseidonia. After have been conquered by the Lucans, the city lived the most brith period of its history. When the romans established a colony, they called the city Paestum. The archaeological excavations have brought to light the Athena's temple in the Nord area of the city and the Neptune's temple, boths in excellent state of preservation. All the archaological sites area became an UNESCO cultural heritage. To the river mouth Sele, arise the Hera temple, Greek's temple on italic's soil. Furthermore, the Archaeological Museum, builted in the 1952 host a lot of archaeological finds from the VIII century b.c. and VII century a.c. There are a lot of handmade objects of the greeks daily life, as well as a lot of funerary structures from the IV century b.c.

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