Campania
Salerno
Capaccio Paestum

Tomb of the Diver

The Tomb of the Diver, now in the museum at , Italy, is a frescoed tomb that dates to around 500 to 475 BCE, and is famous for the mysterious subject matter of the ceiling fresco, a lone diver leaping into a pool of water.
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Wikipedia
  • Type: Tourist attraction
  • Description: Great Greece funerary artifact located in Paestum, Italy
  • Also known as: “Tomb of the diver”, “Tomba del tuffatore”, “Tomba del Tuffatore”, and “Torre di Paestum”
  • Wheelchair access: no

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Paestum and Second Temple of Hera (Paestum).

Photo: Inkey, CC BY-SA 3.0 de.
has been a UNESCO World Heritage site since 1998. It is in , , and is an ancient Greek settlement, with the best preserved Greek doric temples worldwide. It is surrounded by a Roman city wall, and is 40 km south of the city of .

Photo: NorbertNagel, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Temple of Hera II, is a Greek temple of Magna Graecia in , Campania, Italy. It was built in the Doric order around 460–450 BC, just north of the first Hera Temple of around 550–525 BC. is situated 1¼ km northeast of Tomb of the Diver.

Archaeological site
Photo: Berthold Werner, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is an archaeological site, which is situated 1¼ km east of Tomb of the Diver.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Santa Venere and Capaccio Scalo.

Hamlet
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is a hamlet.

Hamlet
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is a hamlet, which is situated 5 km north of Tomb of the Diver.

Hamlet
Photo: Liberotag73, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a hamlet, which is situated 5 km northeast of Tomb of the Diver.

Tomb of the Diver

Latitude
40.41507° or 40° 24′ 54″ north
Longitude
14.99206° or 14° 59′ 31″ east
Elevation
7 metres (23 feet)
Open location code
8FGPCX8R+2R
Open­Street­Map ID
way 146701659
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building=­yes
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historic=­yes
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man_made=­tower
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tourism=­attraction
Open­Street­Map attribute
wheelchair=­no
Geo­Names ID
10378386
Wiki­data ID
Q464384
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In Other Languages

From Catalan to Swedish—“Tomb of the Diver” goes by many names.
  • Catalan: “Tomba del cabussador”
  • Catalan: “tomba del capbussador”
  • Catalan: “Tomba del capbussador”
  • Catalan: “Tomba del tuffatore”
  • Chinese: “跳水者之墓”
  • Esperanto: “Tombo de la Plonĝanto”
  • French: “Fresque de la Tombe du Plongeur”
  • French: “Fresques de la Tombe du Plongeur”
  • Galician: “Tumba do nadador”
  • German: “Grab des Tauchers”
  • Hungarian: “A búvár sírja”
  • Italian: “tomba del Tuffatore”
  • Italian: “Tomba del tuffatore”
  • Italian: “Tuffatore di Paestum”
  • Japanese: “ダイバーの墓”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Dykkerens grav”
  • Norwegian: “Dykkerens grav”
  • Slovenian: “Grob skakalca v vodo”
  • Spanish: “Tumba del nadador”
  • Swedish: “Dykarens grav”

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