Campania
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Capaccio Paestum

Paestum

Paestum 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 .
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  • Type: Archaeological site
  • Description: ancient Greek city in present-day village Paestum, Italy
  • Also known as: “Archaeological site of Paestum”, “Pæstum”, “Paestum Archaeological Park”, “Paistos”, “Parco Archeologico di Paestum”, “Pesto”, “Poseidonia”, and “Sito archeologico di Paestum”
  • Address: Via Magna Graecia 917/919

Places of Interest

Highlights include National Archaeological Museum of Paestum and Second Temple of Hera (Paestum).

Museum
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The is a museum in , , that houses archaeological finds from excavations of the ancient Greek city of Poseidonia/Paistom, then Paestum.

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The Temple of Hera II, is a Greek temple of Magna Graecia in Paestum, 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.

Archaeological site
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is an archaeological site.

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 4 km north of Paestum.

Hamlet
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is a hamlet, which is situated 4 km northeast of Paestum.

Paestum

Latitude
40.4215° or 40° 25′ 17″ north
Longitude
15.0041° or 15° 0′ 15″ east
Population
150
Elevation
17 metres (56 feet)
Open location code
8FGQC2C3+JM
Open­Street­Map ID
way 97709710
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­archaeological_site
Open­Street­Map feature
landuse=­grass
Geo­Names ID
3171709
Wiki­data ID
Q329967
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In Other Languages

From Ancient Greek to Vietnamese—“Paestum” goes by many names.
  • Ancient Greek (to 1453): “Poseidóniá”
  • Ancient Greek (to 1453): “Παῖστον”
  • Arabic: “بايستوم”
  • Armenian: “Պեստում”
  • Basque: “Paestum”
  • Belarusian: “Пестум”
  • Bulgarian: “Пестум”
  • Catalan: “Paestum”
  • Catalan: “Pèstum”
  • Catalan: “Posidònia”
  • Cebuano: “Paestum”
  • Chechen: “Пестум”
  • Chinese: “帕埃斯图姆”
  • Chinese: “帕埃斯圖姆”
  • Croatian: “Paestum”
  • Czech: “Paestum”
  • Czech: “Poseidonia”
  • Danish: “Paestum”
  • Danish: “Pæstum”
  • Dutch: “Paestum”
  • Dutch: “Poseidonia/Paestum”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “بيستوم”
  • Esperanto: “Paesto”
  • Esperanto: “Paestum”
  • Esperanto: “Pæstum”
  • Esperanto: “Paistos”
  • Esperanto: “Pesto”
  • Esperanto: “Pozidonio”
  • Finnish: “Paestum”
  • Finnish: “Poseidonia”
  • French: “Area archeologica di Paestum”
  • French: “Paestum”
  • French: “Pœstum”
  • French: “Poseidonia”
  • French: “Site archéologique de Paestum”
  • Galician: “Paestum”
  • Georgian: “პესტუმი”
  • German: “Paestum”
  • German: “Poseidonia”
  • Greek: “Ποσειδωνία Καμπανίας”
  • Greek: “Ποσειδωνία”
  • Hebrew: “פאיסטום”
  • Hebrew: “פוסיידוניה”
  • Hindi: “पेस्तुम”
  • Hungarian: “Paestum”
  • Italian: “Paeston”
  • Italian: “Paestum”
  • Italian: “Pesto”
  • Italian: “Poseidonia”
  • Japanese: “パエストゥム”
  • Japanese: “ペストゥム”
  • Japanese: “ポセイドニア”
  • Korean: “파에스툼”
  • Latin: “Paestum”
  • Latin: “Posidonia”
  • Latvian: “Pestuma”
  • Lingua Franca Nova: “Paestum”
  • Lithuanian: “Pestas”
  • Lithuanian: “Pestumas”
  • Neapolitan: “Paestum”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Paestum”
  • Norwegian: “Paestum”
  • Persian: “پستوم”
  • Polish: “Paestum”
  • Polish: “Pestum”
  • Polish: “Posejdonia”
  • Portuguese: “Paestum”
  • Portuguese: “Pesto”
  • Romanian: “Paestum”
  • Russian: “Пестум”
  • Russian: “Посейдония”
  • Russian: “Посидония”
  • Saterfriesisch: “Paestum”
  • Serbian: “Пестум”
  • Serbian: “Посејдонија”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Paestum”
  • Slovak: “Paestum”
  • Slovenian: “Pestum”
  • Spanish: “Paestum”
  • Spanish: “Posidonia”
  • Swedish: “Paestum”
  • Swedish: “Poseidonia”
  • Swedish: “Posidonia”
  • Tagalog: “Paestum”
  • Tatar: “Пестум”
  • Turkish: “Paestum”
  • Ukrainian: “Пестум”
  • Vietnamese: “Paestum”

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