Saturday, March 31, 2012

Paestum

Friday we left our comfortable apartment in Vico Equense, and made for Rome.  However we had one final piece of business left to attend to in Southern Italy: Paestum.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paestum


Paestum is generally considered the best excavation site for Greek ruins on Earth.  Even better than Greece.  The site is home to a series of old Greek temples that are absolutely amazing.  The site itself is a partially excavated Greek city.


Check out this Temple of Athena I found!


Wildflowers.




Temple of Hera.



Across the road from Paestum is a museum that has gathered all of the relics that were excavated from the site.  Thousands of Greek objects - jewelry, pottery, statues, and many pieces that originally adorned the temples:









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