Paestum - Chiesa dell'Annunziata
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Salerno - Cattedrale di Salerno
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Salerno - Cattedrale di Salerno
Salerno - Cattedrale di Salerno
Salerno - Cattedrale di Salerno
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Salerno - Cattedrale di Salerno
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Salerno - Museo Diocesano San Matteo
Salerno - Museo Diocesano San Matteo
Salerno - Museo Diocesano San Matteo
Salerno - Museo Diocesano San Matteo
Salerno - Museo Diocesano San Matteo
Salerno - Museo Diocesano San Matteo
Salerno - Museo Diocesano San Matteo
Salerno - Museo Diocesano San Matteo
Salerno - Museo Diocesano San Matteo
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The city was founded under the name of Poseidonia around 600 BC. founded by Greeks and was part of "Magna Graecia". The extensive trade led to prosperity which spread in the 5th and 6th centuries BC. expressed in the construction of large temples.
Around 270 BC the city became a Latin colonia under the name of Paestum. During the Roman Empire, Paestum lost prosperity and importance. Around 500 AD the area began to silt up and become swampy, malaria spread, and the last inhabitants left the place. The temple complex turned into a kind of jungle, and the place was forgotten. After being destroyed by the Saracens and by the Normans, Paestum was abandoned. An early map showed the ruins in 1732. The rediscovery happened parallel to Pompeii and Herculaneum. An expedition into the enchanted swamp landscape was soon part of the program for the so-called Grand Tour.
The ancient city was surrounded by defensive walls. The area is clear of modern buildings and has been largely so, since the Middle Ages. Although much stone has been stripped from the site, large numbers of buildings remain detectable by their footings or the lower parts of their walls.
The early Christian church dates back to the early 5th century AD and is located just outside the archaeological site of Paestum. The structure must have consisted of a single-nave hall. In the 12th century it was enlarged, being divided into three naves by two rows of spolia columns and given Romanesque forms. Reports from around 1500 tell of a state of desolation and abuse.
It was partially restored in the 16th century to prevent collapse, and altered in the early 18th century. In the second half of the 20th century, restoration work brought the floor back to its original level, which was almost two meters lower.
Around 270 BC the city became a Latin colonia under the name of Paestum. During the Roman Empire, Paestum lost prosperity and importance. Around 500 AD the area began to silt up and become swampy, malaria spread, and the last inhabitants left the place. The temple complex turned into a kind of jungle, and the place was forgotten. After being destroyed by the Saracens and by the Normans, Paestum was abandoned. An early map showed the ruins in 1732. The rediscovery happened parallel to Pompeii and Herculaneum. An expedition into the enchanted swamp landscape was soon part of the program for the so-called Grand Tour.
The ancient city was surrounded by defensive walls. The area is clear of modern buildings and has been largely so, since the Middle Ages. Although much stone has been stripped from the site, large numbers of buildings remain detectable by their footings or the lower parts of their walls.
The early Christian church dates back to the early 5th century AD and is located just outside the archaeological site of Paestum. The structure must have consisted of a single-nave hall. In the 12th century it was enlarged, being divided into three naves by two rows of spolia columns and given Romanesque forms. Reports from around 1500 tell of a state of desolation and abuse.
It was partially restored in the 16th century to prevent collapse, and altered in the early 18th century. In the second half of the 20th century, restoration work brought the floor back to its original level, which was almost two meters lower.
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