🏛️ Cilento and Vallo di Diano National Park with the Archeological Sites of Paestum and Velia, and the Certosa di Padula: Archaeological Sites of Paestum and Velia – Paestum: Temple of Neptune (also known as the Temple of Poseidon)

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The Temple of Neptune is a Greek Doric temple in Paestum, southern Italy, that stands as one of the finest surviving examples of classical Greek architecture. Built around 450 BCE and originally dedicated to Poseidon (Neptune in Roman tradition), this colossal structure has survived more than two millennia largely intact ...