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Paestum (deserted settlement) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 40 25 00 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 40.4167 decimal degrees |
| Long: 015 00 00 E degrees minutes |
Long: 15.0000 decimal degrees |
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Note: Ancient site, inhabited from Archaic Greek to Middle Ages periods, located near a modern town of the same name. Ancient city was established by Greek colonists from Sybaris, who called it Poseidonia; taken by Lucanians 5th century BCE & by Romans 273 BCE; was famous for its roses; was destroyed by Saracens 871 CE; is a UNESCO World Heritage Site with Parco Nazionale Cilente-Vallo di Diano, Elea, and Certosa di San Lorenzo. |
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| Paestum (preferred,C,V,S)
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............ | Roman name for city now in ruins |
| Pesto (C,V)
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............ | name of modern village built on site of ancient Paestum |
| Poseidonia (H,V)
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............ | Greek name |
| Force del Sel (H,V)
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| Paistom (H,V)
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| Ποσειδωνία (C,V,Ancient Greek,U)
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Campania (region (administrative division)) (P) |
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Paestum (deserted settlement) (P,U) |
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Place Types: |
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| deserted settlement (preferred, C) |
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| ancient site (C) |
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| World Heritage Site (C) |
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from 1998 |
| archaeological site (C) |
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site of extensive ruins of 3 Doric temples from 6th-5th cen. BC, & much of an ancient wall |
| inhabited place (H) |
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founded by Greeks in 6th cen. BC; city was destroyed in 9th cen. AD, but is now the site of a modern village |
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Related geographic places: |
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Paestum .......... (inhabited place) |
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(World, Europe, Italy, Campania, Salerno province) [7594305] |
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