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Paestum

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Paes·tum  (pstm, pstm)
An ancient city of southern Italy on the Gulf of Salerno. Founded as a Greek colony before 600 b.c., it flourished as part of Magna Graecia and was taken by Rome in 273 b.c.

Paestum [ˈpɛstəm]
n
(Placename) an ancient Greek colony on the coast of Lucania in S Italy


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The Montecarbanas are a family as old as the ruins of Paestum, they say.
Rome [by rail], Herculaneum, Pompeii, Vesuvius, Vergil's tomb, and possibly the ruins of Paestum can be visited, as well as the beautiful surroundings of Naples and its charming bay.
 
 
 
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