Paestum - Velia

Paestum - Velia

A modern excursion in an ancient place. Let's discover the jewels of Peastum and Velia

Paestum ancient city of Campania located at the Tyrrhenian coast, south of Salerno: it was one of the main centers of Magna Graecia. The oldest traces of human settlement on the site date back to the Paleolithic; the most relevant are the testimonies related to the Bronze Age (see the culture of Gaudo). Around 600 BCE, Greek colonists from Sybaris founded a city, which gave it the name of Posidonia, and built the great sanctuary of Hera just north, near the mouth of the river Sele. At the end of the 5th century BC Paestum was conquered by the Lucanians, under whom lived a period of prosperity and reached the maximum territorial expansion; in 273 BC the Romans established their own colony, changing the name of the city with the current one.

Itinerary
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Stop At: Archaeological Park of Paestum, 84047 Paestum, Capaccio-Paestum Italy

We will visit Peastum and Velia

Duration: 4 hours