PAESTUM

Paestum is an ancient city of Magna Grecia called by the founders Poseidonia in honor of Poseidon, but most devoted to Hera and Athena. The extent of his village is still preserved today, enclosed by its walls Greek, as amended in Luke and Roman era. In the past it was also known as Pesto.

It is located in the Campania region in the province of Salerno, as a fraction of the town of Capaccio Paestum, about 30 kilometers south of Salerno (97 km south of Naples).
It is located in the Piana del Sele, near the coast, in the Gulf of Salerno, in the north of the Parco Nazionale del Cilento. The resort is also equipped with a small railway station called precisely Paestum, and two small towns adjacent to the airport and train station Capaccio called Lido di Paestum.

In 2013, excavations and museum of Paestum were the twenty-fourth Italian state most visited site, with 242,218 visitors and a revenue total of 733,802.87 euro gross.

In 2015, more than 300,000 attendances were recorded in the archaeological site and museum; 7% more than the previous year.

PAESTUM

NETWORK PORTALI, Pisa