Detail View: Archivision Base to Module 9: Paestum [site]
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Preferred Title:
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Paestum [site]
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Image View:
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The Temple of Neptune, View down the south peristyle, looking east
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Creator:
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unknown (Greek (ancient))
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Location:
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site: Pesto, Campania, Italy
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Date:
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6th-5th century BCE (inclusive)
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Cultural Context:
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Greek (ancient)
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Style Period:
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Archaic (Greek)
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Work Type 1:
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excavation (site)
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Classification:
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architecture
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Material:
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tufa (originally covered with stucco and painted)
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Technique:
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construction (assembling)
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Description:
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Ancient city was established by Greek colonists from Sybaris, who called it Poseidonia; taken by Lucanians 5th cen. BCE & by Romans 273 BCE; was famous for its roses; was destroyed by Saracens 871 AD; now site of the village of Pesto. (Source: Thesaurus of Geographic Names (Notes) [website]; http://www.getty.edu/research/conducting_research/vocabularies/tgn/)
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Collection:
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Archivision Base Collection
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Identifier:
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1A3-G-P-P-E2
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Rights:
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© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.
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