he hotel Ariston is situated to Pastum to 3 Kms from the archaeological excavations with the beautiful temples gild us, and to 600 mt from its own deprived beach.



Paestum was founded by the Greek in the 600 a.C. subsequently Poseidonia (this was the ancient name) it was busy from the Lucanis (400 a.Cs.) and finally from the Romans that they gave his actual name.
At the end of 500 AD, because of a deforestation of the zones climb on of it surrounding, an insand of the mouths of the rivers was had that brought to get worse some conditions of unhealthiness of the territory.
The malaria forced the population to abandon the lowland and to go herself in the neighbors lived centers, first among all Capaccios.
Only many centuries later, in 1752, on the occasion of the jobs of reconstruction of the modern road, they were rediscoveries the ancient ruins.
Since then Paestum is become destination privileged by the tourists of the whole world in vacation in Italy.
 

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