November 5, 2018 - We are on the last leg of our Almafi Coast excursion before we head back to Rome. We traveled to Paestum. We were stunned with what we found.
Three of the best preserved Greek (not Roman) temples in the world are here. There was a Greek trading colony here long before the Romans. The weather was perfect and the pictures were too good. Keep in mind these structures are 2500 years old! Rome was just being founded when they were built.
As time went on the Greeks were invaded 4 times. First by a pre Roman tribe, then by the Romans who built a garrison here. Then, malaria infected mosquitos moved in and kept.the place free of looting for 1000 years. Finally, the Allies used one of the temples as a field hospital during WWII.
It was an amazing afternoon.
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