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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  • Archaeological site
  • …has 150 residents
  • …lies at an elevation of 17 metres (56 feet)
  • Description: ancient Greek city in present-day village Paestum, Italy
  • Address: Via Magna Graecia 917/919
  • Also known as
    “Archaeological site of Paestum”
    “Mint of Paestum”
    “Paestum Archaeological Park”
    “Paistos”
    “Parco Archeologico di Paestum”
    “Pesto”
    “Poseidonia”
    “Sito archeologico di Paestum”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Second Temple of Hera (Paestum) and Temple of Hera I, Paestum.
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The Temple of Hera II, is a Greek temple of Magna Graecia in Paestum, Campania, Italy.
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The First Temple of Hera —also known as Temple of Hera…
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The …

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Santa Venere and Capaccio Scalo.
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is a hamlet.
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is a hamlet, which is situated 4 km north of Paestum.
Liberotag73, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a hamlet, which is situated 4 km northeast of Paestum.

Paestum

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Latitude
40.4215° or 40° 25′ 17″ north
Longitude
15.0041° or 15° 0′ 15″ east
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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