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Roman, Greek and ClassicalSite Name: Poseidonia Temple of Athena Alternative Name: Poseidonia Temple of Ceres
Country: Italy Region: Calabria Type: Ancient Temple
Nearest Town: Napoli  Nearest Village: Paestum
Latitude: 40.424534N  Longitude: 15.005509E
Condition:
5Perfect
4Almost Perfect
3Reasonable but with some damage
2Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
0No data.
-1Completely destroyed
4 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
5 Access:
5Can be driven to, probably with disabled access
4Short walk on a footpath
3Requiring a bit more of a walk
2A long walk
1In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find
0No data.
5 Accuracy:
5co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates
4co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map
3co-ordinates scaled from a bad map
2co-ordinates of the nearest village
1co-ordinates of the nearest town
0no data
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43559959 visited on 24th 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

DrewParsons h_fenton have visited here

Poseidonia Temple of Athena
Poseidonia Temple of Athena submitted by h_fenton : Temple of Athena, built around 500BCE and dedicated the Athena. This temple was commonly attributed to Ceres for many years until votive offerings to Athena were found nearby. The temple has six front columns and Thirteen side columns, these outside column capitals are of the doric type whilst those on the inside were of the ionic type, none of the interior columns are still standing but many... (Vote or comment on this photo)
Ancient Temple in Campania

Well preserved ancient Greek Doric Temple of which construction was begun around 500 BCE. It measures 15 Meters by 33 Meters and has 6 by 13 columns.

it is also called the temple of Ceres in some source material.
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Poseidonia Temple of Athena
Poseidonia Temple of Athena submitted by h_fenton : Temple of Athena from the west visited: April 1999 (Vote or comment on this photo)

Poseidonia Temple of Athena
Poseidonia Temple of Athena submitted by 43559959 : The Temple of Athena. The first time Doric and Ionic styles were combined in Greek Architecture (Doric columns in the main structure and Ionic columns used in the interior). The interior is more or less lost, but the 6 by 13 Doric columns comprising the superstructure are still there. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Poseidonia Temple of Athena
Poseidonia Temple of Athena submitted by durhamnature : Plan of the temple, from "Handbook of Greek Archaeology" via archive.org Site in Calabria Italy (Vote or comment on this photo)

Poseidonia Temple of Athena
Poseidonia Temple of Athena submitted by 43559959 : The Temple of Athena gracefully placed in the temple area with snow covered mountains behind the plain of the river Silaris. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Poseidonia Temple of Athena
Poseidonia Temple of Athena submitted by DrewParsons : Site in Calabria: Detail of closely fitted wall at Paestum similar to those seen in various other parts of the world

Poseidonia Temple of Athena
Poseidonia Temple of Athena submitted by DrewParsons : Site in Calabria Italy: Ceres Temple also known as the Temple of Athena at Paestum

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