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Paestum - A tour with a real Archaelogist
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The main reason to come to Paestum is to see the most complete Doric temples in Italy. They are said to be the best preserve greek temples in the world and the walls around Paestum are the most complete of that period. The zone of the Magna Grecia, greater Greece, starts here and Paestum started out as a Greek settlement. Paestum is also renowned for its painted tombs, mainly belonging to the period of the Lucanian rule, while only one of them dates to the Greek period: Tomb of the Diver. It's the only example of Greek painting with figured scenes to survive in its entirety.
