ITALY ~ Temple of Athena - Paestum - Cilento National Park - UNESCO ~

... Mystic sunset view of a structure from over 2500 years ago... Paestum is a city of three Greek temple ruins... these temples remain a symbol of the workmanship, intelligence and magnificence of the Greeks... they are really striking in size, detail and well preserved... history mixed with nature... Thanks a lot Paola!ツ

Paestum is an ancient Greek city, located on the  Mediterranean Sea in the Cilento area of southern Italy.  

The Temple of Athena/Temple of Ceres, is the smallest, built 510BC, it has six columns front and back and thirteen down the sides and the interior measures 14.5 metres x 33 metres. This temple was later used as a Christian church.

Cilento, Vallo di Diano and Alburni National Park is a national park in the Province of Salerno. It includes much of the Cilento, the Vallo di Diano and the Monti Alburni and  was founded in 1991. It is the second largest park in Italy

Cilento and Vallo di Diano National Park with the Archeological Sites of Paestum and Velia, and the Certosa di Padula became a UNESCO WHS site in 1998.

Stamp:

The 100th Anniversary of the Birth of Zeno Colò 

(Issued 30-06-2020)