Paestum Artifacts

Paestum & Matera

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May 10th 2012
Geo: 40.6687, 16.6061We drove along the Amalfi Coast to Salerno and then headed inland to Paestum which was a large Greek settlement about the sixth century BC. There are three temples still standing. The columns were made of sandstone which may explain why they are still standing but the later Roman buildings are all but gone. They were constructed of rock and cement and perhaps like in Rome th ... read more

Europe » Italy » Basilicata » Matera

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Italy became a nation-state in 1861 when the city-states of the peninsula, along with Sardinia and Sicily, were united under King Victor EMMANUEL II. An era of parliamentary government came to a close in the early 1920s when Benito MUSSOLINI establis... ... read more