Temple of Athena
The Temple of Athena is a Greek temple of Magna Graecia found at Paestum, in Capaccio Paestum, a comune in the province of Salerno in the Campania region of south-western Italy.Photo: Berthold Werner, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Building
- Description: building in Paestum, Italy
- Also known as: “Tempio di Athena”, “Tempio di Cerere”, and “Temple of Ceres”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Paestum and National Archaeological Museum of Paestum.
Paestum
Photo: Inkey, CC BY-SA 3.0 de.
Paestum has been a UNESCO World Heritage site since 1998. It is in Campania, Italy, 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 Salerno.
National Archaeological Museum of Paestum
Museum
Photo: Liberotag73, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The National Archaeological Museum of Paestum is a museum in Capaccio-Paestum, Salerno, southern Italy that houses archaeological finds from excavations of the ancient Greek city of Poseidonia/Paistom, then Paestum. National Archaeological Museum of Paestum is situated 200 metres southeast of Temple of Athena.
Ekklesiasterion of Paestum
Archaeological site
Photo: Berthold Werner, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Ekklesiasterion of Paestum is an archaeological site, which is situated 160 metres southeast of Temple of Athena.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Santa Venere and Rettifilo/Vannulo.
Rettifilo/Vannulo
Hamlet
Photo: Liberotag73, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Rettifilo/Vannulo is a hamlet, which is situated 3½ km northeast of Temple of Athena.
Capaccio Scalo
Hamlet
Photo: Liberotag73, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Capaccio Scalo is a hamlet, which is situated 3½ km north of Temple of Athena.
Temple of Athena
- Categories: ancient Greek temple, archaeological site, temple, and historic site
- Location: Capaccio Paestum, Salerno, Campania, Southern Italy, Italy, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
40.42449° or 40° 25′ 28″ northLongitude
15.00546° or 15° 0′ 20″ eastElevation
7 metres (23 feet)Open location code
8FGQC2F4+Q5OpenStreetMap ID
way 107830700OpenStreetMap feature
building=yesOpenStreetMap feature
historic=yesGeoNames ID
12324255Wikidata ID
Q3983228
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Spanish—“Temple of Athena” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “Temple d’Atena (Paestum)”
- Catalan: “Temple d’Atena”
- Danish: “Athene-templet i Paestum”
- Dutch: “Temple of Athena”
- Finnish: “Athenen temppeli”
- French: “temple d’Athéna à Paestum”
- French: “temple de Cérès”
- French: “Temple de Cérès”
- German: “Athena-Tempel (Paestum)”
- German: “Athenatempel Paestum”
- German: “Athenatempel”
- German: “Ceres-Tempel (Paestum)”
- German: “Cerestempel (Paestum)”
- German: “Tempel der Athene”
- Greek: “Ναός της Αθηνάς στην Ποσειδωνία”
- Greek: “Ναός της Αθηνάς”
- Italian: “Tempio di Atena”
- Italian: “Tempio di Athena (Paestum)”
- Persian: “معبد آتنا (پستوم)”
- Persian: “معبد آتنا”
- Portuguese: “Templo de Atena (Pesto)”
- Portuguese: “Templo de Atena”
- Russian: “Храм Афины”
- Spanish: “Templo de Atenea en Paestum”
- Spanish: “Templo de Atenea”
- Spanish: “Templo de Ceres (Paestum)”
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