From the Amalfi Coast Drive’s end point at Salerno you take the A3 Autostrada south to Battipaglia and exit into the SS18 south. Follow the signs to Paestum. It is in the Province of Salerno, Campania. It is also in the Client National forrest.This was founded about 600 BC but had a bad malaria out break that preserved the site. It is the best Greece ruins in Italy’s mainland. Sicily has great ruins as well.
Great restaurant on southern edge of ruins
Ruins
Ruins
Ruins
Many of the ruins are leveled
Temple of Hera I
Theater
Entrance to Theater
Temple of Neptune
You will need to purchase a pass to enter this historic site. They are sold at the museum outside the sacred grounds. These ruins are not to be missed.
George & Jo Anne
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