Around 600 BC the Greek colony of Sibari gave life to the south of the mouth of the Sele, the city of Poseidonia. The territorial area of the city, located in the southern part of the great plains alluvial of the Gulf of Salerno crossed from Sele, is bounded on the north by the river itself, from east first hills including the mountains Calpazio, below and above, from the hills south of Agropoli and extends to the sea to the west. The plain is also crossed by around a Capodifiume the southern city, and rivers Solofrone (now no more 'existing) and testen.
The plant urban old Greek was developed along the limestone terrace, situated at the heart of and plain old slightly elevated compared to it.
The fortification wall encloses an area whose limits are indicated by the necropolis Andriuolo-Pond, located behind the walls north-east, the west lagoon, the Capodifiume course and the sanctuary of Santa Venera south. Still uncertain of the eastern boundary which is the first settlement in the area located between the National Archaeological Museum and Next walls. Not long after the founding of the city urban area was divided into major functional areas.
A wide range was reserved for the construction of shrines and urban all'agora, while the west is developed residential neighborhoods.
The area devoted to public functions was bounded on the west by a large axis road (10.50 meter. wide), oriented in a north / south, which cross at right angles with three roads to large (plateiai) oriented east / west: a north off 12 m, one at the center and off 18.20 A south off 10 m. The three plateiai dividing strip into three public sectors, of which two, north and south, occupied by urban sanctuaries and central all'agora intended.
A major developments came around 550 BC with the massive construction Temple of Hera ( Basilica), roads and perpendicular, toward the end of the century, the cd sacellum ipogeico in the area dell'agora and the Temple of Athena in northern Sanctuary.
The city experienced a period of great fervor building, certainly a ricollegabile especially economic development, including the last thirty years of the sixth century BC and the goal of the century
next.
The urban city Greek keep almost intact in age Luke, most
Public monuments, more or less restored, I continue to be used sometimes with same functions.

• THE PLANT CITY
• CIRCUIT OF THE WALLS
• LE "SACRE" AREAS
• THE PUBLIC AREAS
• THE INHABITED AREAS