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Private Shore Excursion down into the Greek ruins of Paestum passing through the Amalfi Coast and on request a stop at Vietri sul Mare famous for it glass and ceramics.
Leaving from your hotel a day with your private english speaking driver to the Greek ruins of Paestum Allow that you choose this Excursion its another aspect of the area that surrounds the coast

The greek Ruins are a great importance and there are many important areas to enjoy.
Drive down into Paestum stopping along the way at a glass factory as the area driving into the greek ruins
Vietri Sul Mare is famous for it glass and ceramics (glass by the sea).

History on the site
A very important archeological place, Paestum, located in the Sele plain, is also famous as a summer resort. The town was founded by the Dorics in 650 B.C. under the name of Poseidonia; conquered by the Lucanians who called her Paistos and then, in 273 B.C. by the Romans who gave her the name of Paestum.

The walls date back to the IVth century with Roman and Lucan parts and are strengthened by towers often as thick as 7 meters. Inside the town there are the Temple oh Hera, dating back to 550 B.C., with nine columns on the short sides and eighteen on the long ones and remains of the decoration of the architrave; the Temple of Nettuno, built in 450 B.C., imposing and harmonious, formed by a base with three steps on which stand six columns on the short sides and fourteen on the long ones. The columns are all nine meters high and are united, on top, by an architrave supporting a sloping roof ending both on the front and in the back with two pediments; the Temple of Cerere of 500 B.C., with six columns on the short sides and thirteen on the long ones. In the inside part there can be still seen the remains of such places as the Curia, the thermae, the Italic temple, the comitium, the aerarium etc.. In the nearby museums there are precious materials coming from the town and from the neighbourood among which ceramics and sculptures, fictile little statues, bronzes and the slabs of the famous “Tomba del Tuffatore” dating back to 490 B.C., the only example of wall paintings of Magna Graecia. Next to the museums stands the early Romanic basilica of Annunziata, noteble sacred building with nave and two aisles.

Areas to visit
National Museum. The national museum contains important objects and materials (funerary items, pots, etc.) found in the town, in the near necropolises and at the sanctuary dedicated to Hera Argiva at the mouth of Sele River. The only example of funerary painting is the Tomb of the diver of 490/480 b. C. The paintings of the tomb portray scenes from a symposium and a diver.

Remains of the sanctuary dedicated to Hera Argiva, built around 600 b.C.

“Telling museum” of Hera Argiva. This museum presents different interpretations of the homonymous sanctuary, an archaeological site made just of a few remains. The museum “tells” about this site, thanks to films, three-dimensional recreations, videos. Visitors live this experience as they were inside the excavations.

Temple of Poseidon or Neptune: it is the most beautiful example of Greek architecture in Western world. It was built in V century b.C. The temple has 6 front columns and 14 side columns.

“Sacello Ipogeico”, built around VI century b.C.: it is maybe a small Greek temple dedicated to goddesses of fecundity and fertility. Or it is maybe a cenotaph (a symbolic tomb that does not contain a body). Inside many bronze pots were found.

Heraion, the temple dedicated to Hera, a big Doric building with grooved columns
The temple dedicated to Cerere was built at the end of VI century b.C. with 6 front columns and 13 side columns. The temple has a unique feature: the tall pediment. The Doric frieze is very interesting: it is made of large calcareous blocks, with metopes.

Roman amphitheatre, used by gladiators. It was built around I century a.C.

Remains of aThesaurus, a small and ancient temple dedicated to Hera.

Cathedral dedicated to Madonna del Granato, whose worship recalls the Pagan cult of Hera Argiva. It was built in XI century.

Early-Christian Basilica (Church dedicated to Our Lady of the Annunciation), the most ancient Greek temple, built in VI century b. C. and dedicated to Hera, that is Juno. The temple has 9 front columns and 18 side columns.

Excursion Amalfi Coast
Options in this area you have a variety of areas
1. Excursion Sorrento, Positano, Amalfi & Ravello
One can fit in all in a day also depending where your departure point is

Another excursion option
2. Pompeii, Vesuvious and Herculaneum
3. Naples Archaeological Museum & Herculaneum & Naples

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