The Parco Archeologico di Paestum is one of the most evocative archaeological sites involving Greek civilisation in the whole of Italy. It is about 100 kilometres south of Naples. This ancient city was founded around 600 BC by Greek colonists and prospered until the fall of the Roman Empire. The ruins were discovered around 1752 when Charles III of Bourbon ordered a road built between Campania and Calabria. The Basilica is really a temple dedicated to Hera, built in around 550 B.C. and the Temple of Neptune was built in 450 B.C.
