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Elea

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Elea

Elea ( Velia to the Romans , in Latin ) was a Greek city on the coast Tyrrhenian , in Campania , near the Gulf of Salerno. Here was founded the Eleatic school , school of philosophy founded by Parmenides and Xenophanes and followed by Zeno of Elea and Melissa.

From an administrative standpoint, the current Velia is a frazione of the town of Ascea , ASCE-Velia since 2003 ( Salerno ) and has about a thousand inhabitants. Velia should not be confused with Novi Velia , a town that is near.

History

Elea was founded around 535 BC. BC by the Greeks Phocaea fleeing the invading Persians in Asia Minor. The creation of the city, like others, reported by Strabo in his Geography, and by Herodotus. These settlers joined the other colonies of Italy that formed the South Magna Graecia. Elea remained independent long as many cities in Italy. Around 275 BC. BC , she became the ally of Rome. The city was abandoned in the Middle Ages. And today, the archaeological site is located in the town of Ascea in the National Park of Cilento and Vallo di Diano.

Famous Natives of Elea

Parmenides
Zeno of Elea
"The Stranger" () dialogue of Plato's The Statesman
Trebatius Testa

External Links

Sources

Herodotus , Histories [ retail editions ] [ read online ] (I, 167).

Archaeology of Magna Graecia Remains of classical Greece to Sicily and southern Italy
Sicily	Agrigento and Valley of the Temples Camarina Gela Heraclea Minoa Himera Lilybaeum Motya Naxos Segesta Selinunte Neapolis Archaeological Park (Syracuse) Greek temples in Syracuse Tyndaris
Southern Italy	Crotone Cuma Elea Locri Metapontum Naples Poseidonia (Paestum) Pozzuoli Sybaris Tarentum Thurii

World Heritage in Italy
Cultural	Rock Art of Valcamonica (1979) Historic Centre of Rome , the Properties of the Holy See in that City Enjoying Extraterritorial Rights and St. Paul Outside the Walls (1980) (the Vatican) The Church and Dominican Convent of Santa Maria delle Grazie with "The Last Supper" by Leonardo da Vinci (1980) Historic Centre of Florence (1982) Piazza del Duomo in Pisa (1987) Venice and its Lagoon (1987) Historic Centre of San Gimignano (1990) The Sassi and the Park of the Rock Churches of Matera (1993) City of Vicenza and the Palladian Villas of the Veneto (1994) Historic Centre of Naples (1995) Historic Centre of Siena ( 1995) Crespi d'Adda (1995) Ferrara , City of the Renaissance and its Po Delta (1995) Castel del Monte (1996) Historic Centre of the City of Pienza (1996) The Trulli of Alberobello (1996) Early Christian Monuments of Ravenna (1996) Cathedral , Torre Civica and Piazza Grande , Modena (1997) Amalfi Coast (1997) Botanical Garden (Orto Botanico) , Padua (1997) Residences of the Savoy (1997) Su Nuraxi of Barumini (1997) royal palace of the eighteenth ^century at Caserta with the Park , the Aqueduct of Vanvitelli and the San Leucio (1997) Portovenere , Cinque Terre and the Islands ( Palmaria , Tino and Tinetto ) (1997) Villa Romana del Casale (1997) Archaeological Area of Agrigento (1997) Archaeological Areas of Pompei , Herculaneum and Torre Annunziata (1997) Historic Centre of Urbino (1998) National Park of Cilento and Vallo Diano , with the archaeological sites of Paestum and Velia and the Certosa di Padula (1998) Archaeological Area and the Patriarchal Basilica of Aquileia (1998) Villa Adriana (Tivoli) (1999) Assisi , the Basilica of San Francesco and Other Franciscan Sites (2000) City of Verona (2000) Villa d'Este , Tivoli (2001) Late Baroque Towns of the Val di Noto (South eastern Sicily) (2002) Sacri Monti of Piedmont and Lombardy (2003) Cemeteries Etruscan Cerveteri and Tarquinia (2004) Val d'Orcia (2004) Syracuse and the Rocky Necropolis of Pantalica (2005) Genoa, and the system palaces (2006 ) Rhaetian Railway in the Landscape of the Albula / Bernina (2008) (with Switzerland) Mantua and Sabbioneta (2008)
Natural	Isole Eolie (Aeolian Islands) (2000) Monte San Giorgio (2003)) (with Switzerland) The Dolomites (2009)
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