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Roman, Greek and ClassicalSite Name: Poseidonia Temple of Poseidon
Country: Italy Region: Calabria Type: Ancient Temple
Nearest Town: Napoli Nearest Village: Paestum
Latitude: 40.420003N Longitude: 15.005290E
Condition:

5	Perfect
4	Almost Perfect
3	Reasonable but with some damage
2	Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1	Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
0	No data.
-1	Completely destroyed

5 Ambience:

5	Superb
4	Good
3	Ordinary
2	Not Good
1	Awful
0	No data.

5 Access:

5	Can be driven to, probably with disabled access
4	Short walk on a footpath
3	Requiring a bit more of a walk
2	A long walk
1	In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find
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5 Accuracy:

5	co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates
4	co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map
3	co-ordinates scaled from a bad map
2	co-ordinates of the nearest village
1	co-ordinates of the nearest town
0	no data

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43559959 visited on 23rd Mar 2007 - their rating: Cond: 5 Amb: 5 Access: 5 The site is located an hour + drive from Naples heading south. Poseidonia was founded by the greeks in 600BC and renamed Paestum by the romans in 273BC when it became a roman colony. Three temples in a fairly good shape makes a visit very interesting. Temple of Hera, Poseidon and Athena. The greeks built grand monuments when they settled in Italy and Sicily in the 8th and the 6th centuries

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**Poseidonia Temple of Poseidon** submitted by DrewParsons : The Poseiden Temple at Paestum (Vote or comment on this photo)

A nearly perfectly preserved ancient Greek Doric Temple, construction was begun between 474 and 450 BCE. It measures 24 metres by 60 metres and has 6 by 14 columns. There are some indications it might have been a converted temple of Zeus or second Temple of Hera.

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