{"id":25699,"date":"2024-02-05T15:10:02","date_gmt":"2024-02-05T14:10:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/parchipaestumvelia.cultura.gov.it\/the-story-of-paestum\/"},"modified":"2025-05-29T15:53:39","modified_gmt":"2025-05-29T14:53:39","slug":"the-story-of-paestum","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/parchipaestumvelia.cultura.gov.it\/en\/the-story-of-paestum\/","title":{"rendered":"The Story of Paestum"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"25699\" class=\"elementor elementor-25699 elementor-1676\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-11da0a7 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"11da0a7\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" 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Paestum<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-467e3f1f elementor-align-left elementor-tablet-align-left elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"467e3f1f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-md\" href=\"#about\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t<svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" height=\"24\" viewBox=\"0 -960 960 960\" width=\"24\"><path d=\"M440-800v487L216-537l-56 57 320 320 320-320-56-57-224 224v-487h-80Z\"><\/path><\/svg>\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Discover 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class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">TIMELINE<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f26d8f1 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"f26d8f1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-18c4fe1 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"18c4fe1\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5ac6b7d elementor-widget__width-inherit elementor-widget-tablet__width-inherit elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5ac6b7d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Scroll through the timeline and discover the history of Paestum<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d9022ce e-transform elementor-hidden-mobile elementor-view-default elementor-widget elementor-widget-icon\" data-id=\"d9022ce\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" 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                                                                          <\/h5>\n                                        <p class=\"content\">The territory of Paestum has already been inhabited since the Stone Age<\/p>\n                                    <\/div>\n                                <\/div>\n                            <\/div>\n                        <\/div>\n                                            <div class=\"item\">\n                            <div class=\"swp-single-inner-wrap style-13\">\n                                <div class=\"swp-single-inner style-2 swp-angle-left-circle-date\">\n                                    <div class=\"date-wrap\">\n                                         <br>                                     <\/div>\n                                    <div class=\"thumb\">\n                                        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\" alt=\"\">\n                                    <\/div>\n                                    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                       <p class=\"content\">Multiculturalism in the Lucanian era<\/p>\n                                    <\/div>\n                                <\/div>\n                            <\/div>\n                        <\/div>\n                                            <div class=\"item\">\n                            <div class=\"swp-single-inner-wrap style-13\">\n                                <div class=\"swp-single-inner style-2 swp-angle-left-circle-date\">\n                                    <div class=\"date-wrap\">\n                                         <br>                                     <\/div>\n                                    <div class=\"thumb\">\n                                        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\" alt=\"\">\n                                    <\/div>\n                                    <div class=\"content-box\">\n                                                                                    <div class=\"date\">273 BC - 3RD CENTURY AD<\/div>\n                                                                                <h5 class=\"inner-title\">\n                                                                                            <a href=\"#sectionfour\">04- From Poseidonia to Paestum<\/a>\n                                                                                    <\/h5>\n                                        <p class=\"content\">The Greek city changes its face<\/p>\n                                    <\/div>\n                                <\/div>\n                            <\/div>\n                        <\/div>\n                                            <div class=\"item\">\n                            <div class=\"swp-single-inner-wrap style-13\">\n                                <div class=\"swp-single-inner style-2 swp-angle-left-circle-date\">\n                                    <div class=\"date-wrap\">\n                                         <br>             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                       <a href=\"#sectionsix\">06- The city\u2019s prominence during the Grand Tour<\/a>\n                                                                                    <\/h5>\n                                        <p class=\"content\">\u201cThe oldest surviving architecture in the world outside of Egypt\u201d<\/p>\n                                    <\/div>\n                                <\/div>\n                            <\/div>\n                        <\/div>\n                                            <div class=\"item\">\n                            <div class=\"swp-single-inner-wrap style-13\">\n                                <div class=\"swp-single-inner style-2 swp-angle-left-circle-date\">\n                                    <div class=\"date-wrap\">\n                                         <br>                                     <\/div>\n                                    <div class=\"thumb\">\n                                        <img 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class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-50834a8 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"50834a8\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7ad10e0 elementor-widget__width-inherit elementor-widget-tablet__width-inherit elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7ad10e0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Prehistory and protohistory: first traces of human settlement<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-35c0cd5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"35c0cd5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">The territory of Paestum has already been inhabited since the Stone Age<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8422ef5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"8422ef5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The territory of Paestum has been inhabited since the Stone Age.The earliest evidence of human presence in the area that would later become Poseidonia dates back to the Middle Palaeolithic period, more than 35,000 years ago. These traces mainly consist of flint tools, such as arrowheads and scrapers, found near the Temple of Hera (the so-called Basilica).<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> However, the best-documented phase of Paestum\u2019s prehistory is the Copper Age (c. 3800\u20132300 BC), associated with the Gaudo culture, named after a locality, just over a kilometre north of the city. Here, an extensive necropoleis\u00a0was uncovered, where tombs followed a distinctive pattern: burials were arranged in one or two elliptical chambers cut into the bedrock, sealed with large travertine slabs, and accessed via a small shaft.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Alongside the skeletal remains and animal bones\u2014likely offerings for the dead\u2014archaeologists discovered a wealth of pottery, including jars, jugs, cups, and examples of the <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">askos<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, a large, offset-necked vessel.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Archaeological evidence from the Bronze Age (c. 2300\u2013900 BC) and the Iron Age (c. 900\u2013725 BC) is more limited. The Bronze Age is represented by finds such as bronze axes and bow-shaped fibulae, while the Iron Age is attested by cinerary urns containing cremated remains, discovered at the settlement of Capodifiume, to the north-east of Paestum.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3ec499b e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"3ec499b\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" id=\"sectiontwo\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2344a91 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"2344a91\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-78d1ee1 elementor-widget__width-inherit elementor-widget-tablet__width-inherit elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"78d1ee1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Poseidonia: the foundation of the Greek city<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-aff0329 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"aff0329\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">The beginning of a millennia-long history<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-40e12a3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"40e12a3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The main source of information regarding the origins of Poseidonia is a passage by the Greek historian Strabo (1st century BC \u2013 1st century AD). He recounts that the city was founded by Greek settlers from Sybaris (itself an Achaean colony established in the 8th century BC), who, after first establishing a settlement along the coast, later moved inland to found the new city.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> The name they chose, Poseidonia, appears to reflect a particular devotion to Poseidon, god of the sea. This is further supported by numismatic evidence, as the earliest coinage from the second half of the 6th century BC depicts the standing figure of Poseidon holding a trident on silver coins.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Archaeological evidence, consisting mainly of fragments of early ceramic material from the 6th century BC, allows us to date the foundation of Poseidonia to around 600 BC.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">From that time onwards, the city began to equip itself with religious and political buildings, as well as new public spaces typical of a Greek polis.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Temples were erected in honour of the gods, including the Temple of Athena (built around 580 BC and later reconstructed around 500 BC), the Temple of Hera (560\u2013520 BC), and the so-called Temple of Neptune (c. 460 BC). The main square, or agora, was also established, becoming the heart of the city and home to key monuments such as the Heroon\u2014a commemorative shrine to the city\u2019s legendary founder, built around 510 BC\u2014and the Ekklesiasterion, the assembly place for free citizens, constructed around 480 BC.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fcab0bc e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"fcab0bc\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5089592 animated-fast elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"5089592\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeIn&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5bfcdcd e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"5bfcdcd\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" id=\"sectionthree\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2fd2a5a e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"2fd2a5a\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-83071be animated-fast elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"83071be\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeIn&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7e5bffa e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"7e5bffa\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bd3b548 elementor-widget__width-inherit elementor-widget-tablet__width-inherit elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"bd3b548\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The Lucanian domination of Poseidonia<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-65ca974 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"65ca974\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Multiculturalism in the Lucanian era<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3b0a45c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3b0a45c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In the same passage where he describes the foundation of Poseidonia, Strabo also recalls that the city was later conquered\u2014first by the Lucanians, and later by the Romans. The Lucanians were probably a multi-ethnic group that emerged around the 5th century BC, formed from the presence of mercenaries in the Sele plain. By the end of the 5th century BC, they had taken control of Poseidonia, replacing the Greek ruling class.<\/span><\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Archaeological evidence from this period is particularly rich, with some of the finest examples being the funerary paintings of the 4th and early 3rd centuries BC. These works depict members of the local elite alongside traditional decorative motifs. Ceramic production also flourished, with some pieces reaching exceptional quality, especially those signed by renowned artists such as Assteas and Python.<\/span><\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Despite the political changes, Poseidonia largely retained its Greek identity. Many of the city&#8217;s major monuments and public spaces\u2014such as the urban sanctuaries, the agora, the Heroon, and the Ekklesiasterion\u2014remained almost untouched, preserving the character of a Greek polis.<\/span><\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">However, the Lucanians introduced a new language, Oscan, into the public life of the city. This is demonstrated by a stele bearing an Oscan inscription found within the Ekklesiasterion. The inscription, a dedication to Zeus Agoraios, shows how a building and religious cult from Poseidonia\u2019s Greek past continued to hold significance even during the Lucanian period<\/span><b><i>.<\/i><\/b><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bcf7ddb e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"bcf7ddb\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" id=\"sectionfour\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f7f6fb0 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"f7f6fb0\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-343ea6f elementor-widget__width-inherit elementor-widget-tablet__width-inherit elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"343ea6f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>From Poseidonia to Paestum<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fea7987 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"fea7987\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">The Greek city changes its face<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8f53148 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"8f53148\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A significant date in the city\u2019s history is 273 BC, when the Romans established a Latin-rights colony named Paestum in the territory formerly known as Poseidonia. Families of veterans were settled there, each receiving plots of land.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> This legal status granted the city a degree of autonomy under a treaty of alliance with Rome, which also permitted the inhabitants to trade with Roman citizens and to intermarry with Roman women.<\/span><\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Over time, as key historical events unfolded and relations with Rome evolved, Paestum\u2019s legal status also changed. In 90 BC, Paestum became a municipium, granting its citizens full Roman citizenship rights. Later, in 71 AD, under Emperor Vespasian, Paestum once again became a Roman colony when public land was distributed to veterans of the imperial fleet based at Misenum.<\/span><\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">While during the Lucanian period the city had largely retained the monumental layout created by the original Greek settlers, the new Roman Paestum underwent profound transformations. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Epigraphic evidence shows the widespread adoption of the Latin language, and the construction of new sacred and civic monuments\u2014including the Temple of Peace, the Comitium, the Curia, and the Basilica\u2014along with the development of new public spaces through the construction of the Forum, fundamentally altered the city&#8217;s appearance.<\/span><\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The deliberate burial of key monuments from Poseidonia\u2019s Greek past, such as the Heroon and the Ekklesiasterion, further underlined the Roman desire to rewrite the city\u2019s history.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b8e2779 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"b8e2779\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bddf011 animated-fast elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"bddf011\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeIn&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ddf8ffe e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"ddf8ffe\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" id=\"sectionfive\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-13f80de e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"13f80de\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-16252bb animated-fast elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"16252bb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeIn&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1385002 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"1385002\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b6a3c16 elementor-widget__width-inherit elementor-widget-tablet__width-inherit elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b6a3c16\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Late antiquity and medieval age<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9f025a7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"9f025a7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">The gradual decline of the city<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-026e5c5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"026e5c5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Late Antiquity and the medieval period remain the least well-documented phases in the history of Paestum, largely due to the limited archaeological evidence available.<\/span><\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The gradual collapse of the Roman Empire from the 4th century AD onwards triggered a deep economic crisis that also affected Paestum. The size of the inhabited area contracted significantly as much of the population moved inland towards higher ground. Meanwhile, swamps began to spread across the low-lying plains where the city once stood, leading to the spread of malaria.<\/span><\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The great temples of Paestum continued to dominate the landscape, their majestic forms still visible, but they lost their sacred role and were repurposed as shelters for livestock.<\/span><\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">One particularly notable archaeological find from this period is a tabula patronatus (4th century AD)\u2014a bronze tablet discovered near the Temple of Peace. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This record shows how the citizens of Paestum conferred the honorary title of patronus (protector) on a man named Elpidius, offering a rare glimpse into civic life during these otherwise poorly documented centuries.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5bd50b5 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"5bd50b5\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" id=\"sectionsix\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c942dde e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"c942dde\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2e90db7 elementor-widget__width-inherit elementor-widget-tablet__width-inherit elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2e90db7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The city\u2019s prominence during the Grand Tour<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b4a5aca elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"b4a5aca\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">\u201cThe oldest surviving architecture in the world outside of Egypt\u201d<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b872684 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b872684\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The words of Winckelmann capture well the sense of awe felt by an educated traveller of the 18th century when encountering the remarkably preserved temple architecture of Paestum.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> During the 18th and early 19th centuries, within a broader cultural climate marked by growing interest in Greco-Roman antiquities, the Campanian city became one of the essential destinations of the Grand Tour.<\/span><\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Grand Tour refers to the extended journey across Europe\u2014especially Italy, Greece, and France\u2014undertaken by young men from wealthy families as a key part of their education.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> The Grand Tour undoubtedly contributed to the &#8220;rediscovery&#8221; of Paestum, although today scholars tend to reconsider the term, as the temples had remained visible throughout earlier centuries. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Nonetheless, the role of these travels in popularising knowledge of Paestum remains significant. It was during this period that Giovanni Battista Piranesi produced his famous engravings of Paestum\u2019s Doric temples, and literary figures of the stature of Winckelmann and Goethe visited and wrote about the city.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9d00365 elementor-align-left elementor-tablet-align-left elementor-mobile-align-left elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"9d00365\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-md\" href=\"https:\/\/www.paestumgrantour.it\/en\/\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t<svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" height=\"24\" viewBox=\"0 -960 960 960\" width=\"24\"><path d=\"m560-240-56-58 142-142H160v-80h486L504-662l56-58 240 240-240 240Z\"><\/path><\/svg>\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Go to the Grand Tour website<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9754ed3 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"9754ed3\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a2e8431 animated-fast elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"a2e8431\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeIn&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d2bb793 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"d2bb793\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" id=\"sectionseven\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6cf2c6b e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"6cf2c6b\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ba704e0 animated-fast elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"ba704e0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeIn&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ee89027 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"ee89027\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0c9446b elementor-widget__width-inherit elementor-widget-tablet__width-inherit elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"0c9446b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>From the first excavations to extraordinary discoveries<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-56e30f6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"56e30f6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">The archaeological sites during the twentieth century\n<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-277fa2f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"277fa2f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The first systematic excavations in Paestum began in the early 1900s under the direction of the then superintendent Vittorio Spinazzola and focused mainly in the area of the Southern Sanctuary, where the main streets of the city were also brought to light.<\/p><p>A season of great discoveries was inaugurated a few decades later, when, in 1934, Paola Zancani Montuoro and Umberto Zanotti Bianco announced the discovery of the Hera Sanctuary on the river Sele. Their research, opposed by the fascist regime of the time, continued in the following years. The extraordinary findings, including the two cycles of Heraion&#8217;s metopes, highlighted to the then superintendent Amedeo Maiuri the need to create a museum in Paestum that could house the exceptional finds. However, it was necessary to wait until the end of the war before the museum could be inaugurated in 1952.<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p>However, the great discoveries in the Pesta territory were not concluded: in 1943, as part of the Allied landing in Salerno, the important <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">necropoleis<\/span> of Gaudo was brought to light, while research in the suburban territory of the Pesta brought out numerous <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">necropoleis<\/span>, whose tombs have returned important archaeological data; among these is the famous Tomba del Tuffatore, found in 1968 by the then superintendent Mario Napoli.<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p>In 1998, Paestum, Velia, the Certosa di Padula and the Archaeological Park of Cilento and Vallo di Diano were registered by UNESCO in the World Heritage List.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2bc3c1b e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"2bc3c1b\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" id=\"sectioneight\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-258d2ff e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"258d2ff\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5d074ea elementor-widget__width-inherit elementor-widget-tablet__width-inherit elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5d074ea\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The Archaeological Area in contemporary times<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4b91ba6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"4b91ba6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">New enjoyments for new contemporaneities<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-089dee3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"089dee3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Starting from the most pressing themes of contemporary times, the Archaeological Parks intend to give voice to a plurality of perspectives in all sectors, from historical research to communication, from use to education. As part of the research, archaeological investigations continue, among which we remember the one that has as its object the Doric temple of the fifth century BC discovered in the northwestern sector of the city.<\/p>\n<p>Through research, exhibitions and popular initiatives, we therefore try to bring out subordinate and alternative stories with respect to the male-elit perspective that has traditionally marked the historical reconstruction of Greek colonization. The commitment of the Parks is also aimed at deepening the study of historical phases of the city, such as the Roman age, so far less investigated by research. 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