Museo Archeologico Nazionale di Metaponto

Magnificent temples

We did not visit the museum, but only the archaeological park. In time of our visit there was no admission fee. We could just enter and admire the temples. They are really magnificent. It was late aft...

Elegant Doric columns of Greek Temple ruins. The Museum is separate and just down the road

Both are very good indeed. The temple ruins have a zap app which allow you to see a computer generated reconstruction which is pretty cool. The museum just down the road has a fine collection of artif...

Short visit, but worth your time

We stopped at this venue to take pictures and check out the pillars. Not much time is needed, but a great stop if you want to let your kids run around.

There is much more to this museum that just the Temple of Hera!

Probably like many other tourists, we drove to Metaponto in search of the Temple of Hera. Well first of all the Temple is about 9km outside the town and not at the address shown at the top of this rev...

Magna Grecia

Fantastic history of this region of Italy, which formed part of Magna Grecia in the distant past. The site is spread over a large area, with a small museum. The most romantic is the Temple of H...