Located close to the sandy beaches, Paestum is the home of three intact Doric Greek temples, relics of old homes, and a museum of art work. Paestum is an old Greco-Roman city in southern Italy famous for its tasty mozzarella di bufula. The other draw is that the site is off the packed tourist route, which ensures fewer crowds.
Discovered in the 6th century B.C., Paestum, also called Poseidonia was discovered by Greeks who erected three great temples, one devoted to Hera and other two unknown dating back between 550 and 450 B.C. Later, it was inhabited by the Romans in 273 B.C contributing to road and theaters. and then Christians in 5th century AD who transformed a temple into a church. It was only in the 18th century that the abandoned city [...]