{"id":25725,"date":"2024-02-13T13:03:46","date_gmt":"2024-02-13T12:03:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/parchipaestumvelia.cultura.gov.it\/scopri-i-parchi\/museum-and-archaeological-area-of-hera-on-the-sele-river\/"},"modified":"2026-04-22T11:12:00","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T09:12:00","slug":"museum-and-archeological-area-of-hera-on-the-river-sele","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/parchipaestumvelia.cultura.gov.it\/en\/scopri-i-parchi\/museum-and-archeological-area-of-hera-on-the-river-sele\/","title":{"rendered":"Museum and Archaeological Area of Hera on the River Sele"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"25725\" class=\"elementor elementor-25725 elementor-2299\" 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\" 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Hera on the River Sele<\/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-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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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 arrival of Greek settlers in the Sele plain marked the beginning of significant changes that reshaped the territory they came to control\u2014stretching from the River Sele in the north to the promontory of Agropoli in the south.On the travertine plateau where they chose to build their city, the colonists began laying out the first roads and dividing the\u00a0<u>areas<\/u> into public, private, and sacred areas. But they also needed to manage the wider landscape. To mark the northernmost boundary of their territory, around 9 kilometres away, they established a large extra-urban sanctuary.<\/span><\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This area was dominated by the River Sele, whose flow not only marked the limits of the newly occupied land but also symbolically divided two cultural worlds: the Greek sphere of Poseidonia and the Etruscan territory of Pontecagnano.<\/span><\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It was in this frontier zone\u2014both a place of division and of exchange\u2014that the Greeks from Sybaris chose to make a lasting statement. They dedicated a sanctuary to Hera Argiva, founded, according to myth, by Jason, the legendary leader of the Argonauts. <\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-54827655 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"54827655\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-30dd770\" data-id=\"30dd770\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-242ac169 elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"242ac169\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-3d29cf0c\" data-id=\"3d29cf0c\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-de922c2 elementor-widget__width-inherit elementor-widget-tablet__width-inherit elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"de922c2\" data-element_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 Discovery of the Sanctuary<\/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-b89abf5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b89abf5\" data-element_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 discovery of this major sanctuary of Magna Graecia was as remarkable as it was challenging. In the early 1930s, Paola Zancani Montuoro and Umberto Zanotti Bianco began excavation campaigns that, despite considerable difficulties, revealed not only the remains of sacred buildings but also more than 6,000 votive offerings and a sculptural cycle of 40 sandstone slabs\u2014metopes alternating with triglyphs\u2014belonging to the frieze of the sanctuary\u2019s earliest temple, a Doric building with a peristyle of 6 by 12 columns.<\/span><\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">These metopes would later inspire the architectural design of the new National Archaeological Museum of Paestum, where they were immediately displayed in the central room evoking the temple\u2019s <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">cella <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(fig. 4). The scenes carved into the slabs depict the Labours of Heracles (fig. 5) and stories of gods and heroes from the Trojan War (fig. 6). Produced by several teams of local artisans, some metopes have a sculptural, high-relief style, while others are more linear and less detailed. Some were recovered in an unfinished state, and all were originally intended to be completed with painted decoration.<\/span><\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Around 500 BC, the original structure was replaced by a monumental Doric temple with eight columns on the short sides and seventeen on the long sides. Two large altars were also constructed. In addition to its stone base, several architectural elements survive and are now exhibited in the lower gallery of the museum\u2019s newly designed layout. These include capitals, cornice sections, lion-head waterspouts from the roof gutter <u>(<\/u><\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">sima)<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and a group of metopes featuring elegantly dressed girls shown dancing or fleeing.<\/span><\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Each slab\u2014except one\u2014depicts a pair of figures, and their meaning has been the subject of various interpretations: as a sacred procession, a ritual dance in honour of Hera, or mythological episodes such as Peleus chasing Thetis in the presence of the Nereids, or Theseus abducting the young Helen and scattering her sacred dancing companions.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-2fd75de2\" data-id=\"2fd75de2\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-76cad50d animated-fast elementor-hidden-tablet elementor-hidden-mobile elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"76cad50d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;none&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 class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-dc1a94c animated-fast elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"dc1a94c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;none&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\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-323587b e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"323587b\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f754cea e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"f754cea\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c66aec0 animated-fast elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"c66aec0\" data-element_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-e6b1445 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"e6b1445\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3893722 elementor-widget__width-inherit elementor-widget-tablet__width-inherit elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3893722\" data-element_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 Square Building<\/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-049c75b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"049c75b\" data-element_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 sanctuary continued to be used during the Lucanian period. Around 400 BC, the new worshippers built two reception areas and a distinctive square-shaped building made up of a single large room.<\/span><\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Excavations uncovered hundreds of terracotta loom weights, fragments of pottery linked to wedding rituals (<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">lebetes gamikoi<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">), and everyday domestic items like bread moulds and serving dishes. These finds suggest that the building was used mainly by women devoted to the goddess Hera. A small marble statue of Hera\u2014shown seated on a throne holding a cup and a pomegranate\u2014was also found here during excavations in 1962.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The materials discovered in this female-focused space highlight the important role of women in Lucanian society\u2014as wives, mothers, and guardians of the home. It\u2019s likely that groups of young women preparing for marriage spent time here learning traditional skills such as weaving fine fabrics, which may have been offered to the goddess during special ceremonies.<\/span><\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The sanctuary continued to be visited during the Roman period, though less frequently, until it was eventually abandoned in the 3rd or 4th century AD due to the area becoming waterlogged over time.<\/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-e208aee e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"e208aee\" data-element_type=\"container\" 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-0b3d4b8 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"0b3d4b8\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-16c3ba4 elementor-widget__width-inherit elementor-widget-tablet__width-inherit elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"16c3ba4\" data-element_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 Cult of Hera<\/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-cfddf9a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"cfddf9a\" data-element_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;\">Hera, both sister and wife of Zeus, was worshipped as a protector of harvests and livestock, as well as the guardian of youth and marriage\u2014seen as the sacred foundation of life and birth. She was also viewed as an overseer of the productive cycle, symbolising the broader rhythms of the natural world.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hundreds of terracotta figurines dating as far back as the 6th century BC have been found in sacred wells, pits, and special structures located between the cult buildings and altars. These statues depict the goddess in a form similar to those found in the city\u2019s Heraion: seated on a throne, cloaked, wearing a tall headdress, and holding a child, lotus flower, or small horse. A particularly large group, made up of many near-identical examples dating from the late 5th century BC onwards, shows Hera holding a cup and a pomegranate\u2014or sometimes a basket of fruit.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Other votive offerings left during religious ceremonies included statuettes of worshippers, terracotta fruit, and incense burners shaped like busts of women with flower-shaped headdresses. There were also items made of bronze, bone, ivory, and precious metals\u2014often personal ornaments. Ceramic vessels used for cooking and serving food, along with animal bone remains, provide evidence of ritual meals held on site.<\/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-f0317bd e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"f0317bd\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3a65565 animated-fast elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"3a65565\" data-element_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-4137c45 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"4137c45\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d7c3b3c e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"d7c3b3c\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f4079cc animated-fast elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"f4079cc\" data-element_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-0ee9305 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"0ee9305\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2cd7e3a elementor-widget__width-inherit elementor-widget-tablet__width-inherit elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2cd7e3a\" data-element_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 Narrating Museum<\/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-455d7ac elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"455d7ac\" data-element_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;\">As you enter the archaeological area, your eye is immediately drawn to a single rural building standing in the middle of an open plain\u2014Masseria Procuiali, a farmhouse built in the 1930s and later restored to house what is known as the <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Narrating Museum<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Opened in 2001, the museum was designed to guide visitors through every aspect of the sanctuary, from the layout of its buildings to the rituals once performed there. The experience relied on installations, videos, 3D reconstructions, sound effects, and information panels to bring the site\u2019s story to life.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Closed since 2011 due to flooding from the nearby river, the museum was transferred to the Paestum and Velia Archaeological Parks following their establishment in 2014. It is now the focus of a new exibition project that aims to return the museum to the community in a completely renewed form.<\/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-335fd45 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"335fd45\" data-element_type=\"container\" 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-2094279 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"2094279\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0c41be4 elementor-widget__width-inherit elementor-widget-tablet__width-inherit elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"0c41be4\" data-element_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>Opening Hours and Reservations<\/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-018c8ba elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"018c8ba\" data-element_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 data-start=\"38\" data-end=\"159\">Every Saturday at 11:00 a.m. and every Sunday at 5:00 p.m., with additional sessions on the first Sundays of the month.<\/p><p data-start=\"161\" data-end=\"454\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\">The visits, with <strong data-start=\"178\" data-end=\"203\">mandatory reservation<\/strong> at the following address: <a class=\"decorated-link cursor-pointer\" href=\"mailto:pa-paeve.promozione@cultura.gov.it\" rel=\"noopener\" data-start=\"230\" data-end=\"264\">pa-paeve.promozione@cultura.gov.it<\/a>, are included in the Parks admission ticket and in the Paestum &amp; Velia pass. Before going to the Sanctuary for the visit, it is necessary to collect the ticket at the Parks\u2019 ticket offices.<\/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-338430a e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"338430a\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4e75997 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"4e75997\" data-element_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\">gallery<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-38d92a8 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"38d92a8\" data-element_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-60f3627 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"60f3627\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3a7af29 elementor-widget elementor-widget-gallery\" data-id=\"3a7af29\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;gallery_layout&quot;:&quot;masonry&quot;,&quot;gap&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:30,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;columns&quot;:3,&quot;lazyload&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;columns_tablet&quot;:2,&quot;columns_mobile&quot;:1,&quot;gap_tablet&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:10,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;gap_mobile&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:10,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;link_to&quot;:&quot;file&quot;,&quot;overlay_background&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;content_hover_animation&quot;:&quot;fade-in&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"gallery.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-gallery__container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"e-gallery-item elementor-gallery-item elementor-animated-content\" href=\"https:\/\/parchipaestumvelia.cultura.gov.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Map.jpg\" data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-slideshow=\"3a7af29\" data-elementor-lightbox-title=\"Santuario di Hera sul Fiume Sele. 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Si tratta di una delle immagini pi\u00f9 antiche della divinit\u00e0. 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