Let's do the time warp again..
My childhood favorite ruin to visit every time I return to Italia I always come back. Poseidonia (In Ancient Greek: Ποσειδωνία), was one of Magna Gracea greatest, and one of the most impressive settlement, amazingly preserve in its true original beauty. In view are two of three Doric Column Temples, they are the 1st and 2nd Temples of Hera
City remained prosperous during the early years of the Roman Empire; than called Paestum. But the city eventually was abandoned and remained unknown due to silting up of the mouth of the Silarus River, Some say due to the eruption of Vesuvius, for the est. time of abandonment and eruption fall in line. This silting eventually created a malarial infested swamp and the city remained unknown and buried under silt until the 1800s.
The magnificence of this city is the level of preservation from the city's entire defensive walls & gates of Greek origin are still fully intact to three beautiful temples, and a theater
One more bonus, it's quite off the beaten path of Tourist, That makes it even more enjoyable.
Let's do the time warp again..
My childhood favorite ruin to visit every time I return to Italia I always come back. Poseidonia (In Ancient Greek: Ποσειδωνία), was one of Magna Gracea greatest, and one of the most impressive settlement, amazingly preserve in its true original beauty. In view are two of three Doric Column Temples, they are the 1st and 2nd Temples of Hera
City remained prosperous during the early years of the Roman Empire; than called Paestum. But the city eventually was abandoned and remained unknown due to silting up of the mouth of the Silarus River, Some say due to the eruption of Vesuvius, for the est. time of abandonment and eruption fall in line. This silting eventually created a malarial infested swamp and the city remained unknown and buried under silt until the 1800s.
The magnificence of this city is the level of preservation from the city's entire defensive walls & gates of Greek origin are still fully intact to three beautiful temples, and a theater
One more bonus, it's quite off the beaten path of Tourist, That makes it even more enjoyable.