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  1. LocationPaestum, Province of Salerno, Campania, Italy
    BuilderColonists from Sybaris and/or Troezen
    FoundedAround 600 BCE; 2625 years ago
     Greek Temples in Italy
    Greek Temples in Italy
    Ancient Greece is famous for its temples, but did you know that some of the best-preserved ones are not in Greece, but in Italy?
    Overview

    Paestum was a major ancient Greek city on the coast of the Tyrrhenian Sea, in Magna Graecia. The ruins of Paestum are famous for their three ancient Greek temples in the Doric order dating from about 550 to 450 BC that ar… See more

    Name

    The Greek settlers who founded the city originally named it Poseidonia (Ancient Greek: Ποσειδωνία). It was eventually conquered by the local Lucanians and later the Romans. The Lucanians renamed it to Paistos an… See more

    History

    According to Strabo, the city was founded as Poseidonia (named after the Greek deity of the sea) by Greek Achaeans from Sybaris. The colonists had built fortifications close to the sea, but then decided to found the city farther inla… See more

    Rediscovery

    Despite stray mentions such as that in the history of Pietro Summonte in 1524, who correctly identified the three Doric temples as such, its ruins only came to wide notice again in the eighteenth century, following the redisco… See more

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