Basilicata
Province of Matera
Bernalda

Metapontum

Metapontum or Metapontium was an ancient city of Magna Graecia, situated on the gulf of , between the river Bradanus and the Casuentus. It was distant about 20 km from and 40 from Tarentum.
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Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Temple of Apollo and Metaponto railway station.

Ruins
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is a ruins.

Railway station
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Metaponto is a railway station in , . The station is located on the Taranto–Reggio di Calabria railway and Battipaglia–Metaponto railway. The train services are operated by Trenitalia. is situated 2 km southwest of Metapontum.

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The are the remains of a hexastyle peripteral Greek temple of Magna Graecia the 6th century BC, dedicated to the goddess Hera and the god Apollo. is situated 3½ km north of Metapontum.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Metaponto and Marina di Ginosa.

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is a small town of about 1,000 people in the , , . Administratively it is a frazione of .

Village
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is a frazione of the municipality of . It is a seaside resort in . Its inhabitants are called Marinese. It is also called Ginosa Marina. is situated 8 km northeast of Metapontum.

Metapontum

Latitude
40.3834° or 40° 23′ 0″ north
Longitude
16.82474° or 16° 49′ 29″ east
Elevation
13 metres (43 feet)
Open location code
8FGR9RMF+9V
Open­Street­Map ID
way 70083562
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­archaeological_site
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­attraction
Geo­Names ID
7289453
Wiki­data ID
Q1058770
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In Other Languages

From Ancient Greek to Ukrainian—“Metapontum” goes by many names.
  • Ancient Greek (to 1453): “Μεταπόντιον”
  • Arabic: “ميتابونتو”
  • Armenian: “Մետապոնտո”
  • Basque: “Metaponto”
  • Belarusian: “Метапонт”
  • Bulgarian: “Метапонт”
  • Bulgarian: “Метапонтум”
  • Catalan: “Metapont”
  • Catalan: “Metapontos”
  • Catalan: “Metapontum”
  • Chinese: “梅塔庞托”
  • Chinese: “梅塔龐托”
  • Chinese: “梅塔蓬图姆”
  • Chinese: “梅塔蓬圖姆”
  • Chinese: “梅达彭提翁”
  • Chinese: “梅達彭提翁”
  • Chinese: “米太旁登”
  • Chinese: “麥特蓬托姆”
  • Chinese: “麦特蓬托姆”
  • Croatian: “Metaponto”
  • Danish: “Metapontion”
  • Dutch: “Metaponto”
  • Dutch: “Metapontum”
  • Finnish: “Metapontion”
  • French: “Metaponte”
  • French: “Métaponte”
  • French: “Metaponto”
  • Galician: “Metaponto”
  • German: “Metapont”
  • German: “Metapontion”
  • German: “Metaponto”
  • German: “Metapontum”
  • Greek: “Μεταπόντιο”
  • Hausa: “Metapontum”
  • Hebrew: “מאטאפונטום”
  • Hungarian: “Metapontum”
  • Indonesian: “Metapontion”
  • Indonesian: “Metapontium”
  • Indonesian: “Metapontum”
  • Irish: “Metapontum”
  • Italian: “Area archeologica di Metaponto”
  • Italian: “Area urbana di Metaponto”
  • Italian: “Metaponto”
  • Italian: “Metapontum”
  • Japanese: “メタポントゥム”
  • Korean: “메타폰툼”
  • Latin: “Metapontum” (historical)
  • Latvian: “Metaponta”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Metapont”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Metapontion”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Metaponto”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Metapontum”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Metapont”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Metapontion”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Metaponto”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Metapontum”
  • Polish: “Metapont”
  • Polish: “Metapontion”
  • Portuguese: “Metaponto”
  • Romanian: “Metapontum”
  • Russian: “Метапонт”
  • Sicilian: “Metapontu”
  • Slovenian: “Metapont”
  • Spanish: “Metaponte”
  • Spanish: “Metaponto”
  • Spanish: “Metapontum”
  • Swedish: “Metaponto”
  • Swedish: “Metapontum”
  • Ukrainian: “Метапонт”

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