Contribute to the preservation of Paestum’s remarkable historical and archaeological heritage by adopting one or more blocks of its ancient city walls. Your support will help safeguard the beauty and historical significance of these fortifications, which once protected this extraordinary site. The city walls of Paestum are among the grandest and best-preserved examples of defensive architecture from Magna Graecia. The structures visible today date back to the Lucanian period, when the city of Poseidonia–Paestum stood under threat from the expanding power of Rome.
Beneath the imposing stone blocks that still shape the landscape of Paestum, archaeologists have uncovered traces of an earlier Greek defensive structure.
For centuries, the walls stood alongside the life of the city—silent witnesses and enduring guardians of Paestum’s former glory.
By taking part in the initiative to adopt a block of Paestum’s city walls, you will help fund the maintenance of this monumental structure, ensuring that a vital piece of history—safeguarding an invaluable legacy for over 2,500 years—continues to stand for generations to come.
HOW TO DONATE
Make a bank or postal transfer
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Payment reference: “ADOTTA UN BLOCCO DEL PARCO ARCHEOLOGICO NAZIONALE DI PAESTUM”. Please include your tax code or VAT number (if applicable).
Receive the official Donor Certificate of the Archaeological Parks of Paestum and Velia and a free entrance to the Parks valid until 12/31/2025.
Additionally, if you wish, you can request the inclusion of your name and the indication of the adopted block on the website of the Paestum and Velia Archaeological Park.
Send an email afterwards to pa-paeve.promozione@cultura.gov.it attaching the payment receipt.
I Parchi archeologici di Paestum e Velia sono un istituto del Ministero della Cultura dotato di autonomia speciale, iscritto dal 1998 nella lista del patrimonio mondiale UNESCO.
The Archaeological Parks of Paestum and Velia; an institute of the Ministry of Culture, with special autonomy and listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1998.
