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Paestum
Paestum , ancient city of Lucania, S Italy. It was a colony of the Greek city of Sybaris (c.600 BC) and was first named Posidonia. It flourished with the rest of Magna Graecia through the 6th cent. BC The Romans took the city in 273 BC; they called it Paestum. The ruins, near the present Pesto,... Read more |
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Henri Labrouste
Labrouste, Pierre-François-Henri (1801–75). French architect, he studied under A. -L. -T. Vaudoyer and L. -H. Lebas, and then at the French Academy in Rome, where he mixed with the future leaders of the profession in France. His theoretical reconstruction (though based on accurate... Read more |
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Rediscovering Paestum
Rediscovering Paestum Russell Chamberlin on how the city was left to brigands and buffaloes Paestum, 40km south of Salerno in southern Italy...and built a new town, Capaccio, leaving Paestum to brigands, buffaloes and mosquitoes. The... |
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Parole del tuffatore di Paestum.(Poem)
Parole del tuffatore di Paestum Io sono l'anima di tuo padre, il tuffatore: ti ho seguito ogni...ispirata al celebre affresco tombale detto La tomba del tuffatore, a Paestum, l'opera piu famosa che rappresenta un tema diffuso e rappresentato... |
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USPTO ISSUES TRADEMARK: CARCIOFO DI PAESTUM
ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 4 -- The trademark CARCIOFO DI PAESTUM (Reg. No. 3983561; International Reg. No 1043275) was issued on June 28 by the USPTO. Owner: MINISTERO DELLE POLITICHE... |
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Paestum Thunderstorm, Twenty Years On.(Poetry)(Poem)
It was otherworldly. You'd have been rapturous: lightning over the temples \ wine-dark sky-- no one in that drenched expanse but us unless you call the thunder a god's voice. We were soaked completely through, the girls and I. Even without the storm, you'd have been rapturous, showing your girls |
 "The Seattle Times (Seattle, WA)")
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Cheese goes well with Greek ruins in southern Italy.(NWTraveler)
...Italy's Campania region, the Greek ruins of Paestum would be reason enough for coming here. Paestum was settled around 600 B.C. as part of...modern-day visitors feel like discoverers. Paestum's three huge, elegant, breathtaking Doric... |
 "The Independent on Sunday (London, England)")
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A FIELD TRIP FOR LATIN LOVERS Some school subjects can seem so dry. But take...
...wandering awestruck among the ruins of Paestum. The relative proximity of the much more...Pompeii and Her- culaneum means that Paestum - built on the coastal plain some 50 miles...But if it's temples you are after then Paestum is unbeatable. It has two absolute beauties... |
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ST. JOHN'S UNIVERSITY TAKES VINCENTIAN SPIRIT INTERNATIONAL
...Stones complex, the Greek Temples of Paestum, Pompeii, Naples, and the breathless...to community service. In the town of Paestum, students focused on painting and renovating...participants and I painted a local church in Paestum, Italy," senior Monica C. Moran said... |
 "Scotland on Sunday (Edinburgh, Scotland)")
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An Italian maestro
...character. WHITE 2 2005 Fiano Donnaluna, IGT Paestum, GBP 9.99 Bursting with heavily perfumed...the palate. 3 2003 Fiano Antece, IGT Paestum, GBP 15.99 A subtle, feminine wine...RED 4 2004 Aglianico, Donnaluna, IGT Paestum, GBP 9.99 Dark red in the glass, this... |
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"Toms Laocoon": a newly discovered poem by Thomas Lovell Beddoes.(Critical...
...subject proposed instead of the ruins of Paestum, and here he has shewn much greater talent...chosen for the 1821 Prize was the ruins of Paestum, in Southern Italy, and the winner was...entry for the prize, on the ruins of Paestum, must be presumed lost. Nevertheless... |
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Temples for the touristsItalian Disneyland
...temples at the ancient Greek colony of Paestum and 40 miles from the temple at Velia...that has struggled to survive in nearby Paestum. Let the crowds in search of easy satisfaction be directed to Albanella, leaving Paestum to those who know why they want to see... |
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