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Capaccio Paestum is a municipality in Italy located in the Campania region. It is notable for being home to the ancient Greek archaeological site of Paestum, which contains some of the best-preserved Greek temples from antiquity.
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- comune of Italy
- Named after
- Paestum
- Official name
- Capaccio-Paestum
- Country
- Italy
- Located in
- Province of Salerno
- Population
- 22182
- Area
- 113.03
- Elevation
- 0
- Time zone
- UTC+02:00
- Shares border with
- Trentinara
- Official website
- www.comune.capaccio.sa.it
- Image
- Santuario della Madonna del Granato.jpg
- Dialing code
- 0828
- Licence plate code
- SA
- Patron saint
- Vitus
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- Commons category
- Capaccio
- postal code
- 84047
- P11012
- Sweeny Inlet
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Encyclopedic overview
Capaccio Paestum (formerly only Capaccio, from Latin Caput Aquae) is a town and comune in the province of Salerno in the Campania region of south-western Italy. The ruins of the ancient Greek city of Paestum lie within borders of the comune.
History
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