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Campania has always been a land of extraordinary beauty and historical and cultural importance.

Anyone who has visited our region was able to appreciate the beautiful landscapes of coastal Amalfi and Sorrento and the ruins of the Vesuvius area and Paestum. But in the heart of the Park of Cilento, in the Marina of Axtell, lies another great wonder of historical and archaeological interest, the ancient Greek city of Velia Elea, home of the school philosophy of Parmenides and Zeno. Through this site, you can enter you in the charming scenery of Velia, going the history and discovering the splendor of his land.

HISTORY
Axtell, a center of medieval origin in which a water sulphurous springs ferruginous, is situated on a hill where you can enjoy a wide and wonderful views of the coast and the ruins of the ancient city of Velia. It is the harmonious synthesis of many different aspects: the nature, sea, history, culture and art that make it unique.
We are a little 'to the south of the mouth of the river Alento, in the heart of the Parco Nazionale del Cilento and Vallo di Diano called Biosphere Reserve and World Heritage UNESCO in the green hills covered with olive groves slope gently toward the sea almost to embrace the infinite .
This huge green stain blends with the smooth blue sky and the open water and crystal, sweet and pleasant Bonaria calm in summer, scented broom.
Deep emotion takes time, every time you walk and admire the landscape that always stirs deep wonder before the greatness of nature at dawn, or in the hot summer Meriggio ventilated by the expiry of fresh mountain breezes, or at sunset, when thousand and colorful colors will illuminate the soul and everything ends in the quiet of the evening.
The beautiful beach, about 5 km long. and about 70 meters wide. consists of a sand grain size to large, so that it always soft pace, is clean of course, since no dust. The Cliff, whose apex is the Torre del diruta Telegraph, is characterized by coves, cliffs, beaches and clear depths. By boat you can reach the Silver Bay or the Bay of Rondinella hidden behind the tower unreachable by land.
The "Scuoglio rinanti" is almost an outpost of defense on this enchanted world.
Yesterday as today the inhabitants of Ascea guard with immeasurable love the beauty of nature and the feeling of respect for men that once belonged, both to their fathers. The hospitality is sacred and the proverbial kindness of the people: no people or invading no revolution have been able to assopire this sentiment.

The historian and geographer Strabo tells the greek city of Elea in his work Geography (VI, 252), indicating that the founders, the river mouth, initially called it Hyele, that name is then changed to Ele to finish with Elea.

But to take into account that the founders used a greek alphabet more archaic than Strabo (as evidenced by the more ancient coins), and then used the "digamma", one of the lost letters of quell'alfabeto. The digamma, which is graphically similar to an F, is pronounced like the v Italy, thus giving the name of the town the sound of "Sail". In the transcript, however, many Foce no longer used the digamma, trascrivendo then with the letter F? and transforming "Sail" in "Hyele" (?????).

Even Antiochus of Syracuse, the source to which it refers Strabo, had provided the digamma, but choosing to ignore the letter and trascrivendo simply "Ele" (????).

As for writing "Elea" (? To?), It is a deformation penthouse that is not found before Plato, in the fourth century BC, two centuries, ie, after the founding of the city.

Finally the Romans from 535 BC some, called Velia.

The Acropolis
At the foot of Acropolis there are the ruins of the oldest inhabited city, dating back to about mid-sixth century a. C., and then find the remains of a small theater that dates from the third century BC
On the upper terrace is the Ionic temple, which is presumed to be dedicated to Athena, and that is partly surmounted by the Norman castle tower.

THE PINK DOOR
La Porta Rosa was built around the mid-fourth century BC in a very narrow throat of a natural, and allowed the transition from district to district south of the northern city.
Its name comes from its discoverer Mario Napoli, who gave the name on the door of his wife Rosa.

THE SPA
The Baths ellenistiche go back to the third century BC There can be among the remains a locker room, a place with tanks and other individuals not well identified, all heated by underground.
The Roman Baths date back instead to the first half of the second century AD The outside walls are brick and stone floors while presenting the beautiful mosaics.

THE SCHOOL ELEATICA
The school is a school eleatica philosophical Presocratici active in Elea, Greek colony of Lucania, whose main exponent was Parmenides. Other members of the school are Zeno of Elea, Melisso Samos and Xenophanes of Masthead, which is considered by some historians as its founder, but that position, probably based over contiguity between the polemic against the multiplicity of gods anthropomorphic, own and Xenophanes the concept of unity of its own, developed by Parmenides, is discussed. Knowledge about this old school, like all other schools Presocratici is indirect and is based on scant evidence and sporadic fragments of later authors.


TOURISM
The most important item of the Axtell is tourism, active mainly in Marina di Axtell.
To attract visitors in this location, however, is not only the beauty of the sea, but also the wealth of archaeological heritage and the good level of accommodation. Other important economic resource of the country and its fractions is agriculture, whose main products are oil and chestnuts. To remember the skills related to the construction sector.

The splendor of the scenery, the mild Mediterranean climate and the hospitality of the people always attract tourists to Velia and the fabulous sea of Axtell. The entire area, with its numerous facilities, offers wide choice, without neglecting the quality of tourist product. And without forgetting the cultural heritage that is Velia.
Many events and exhibitions are hosted scenario searchable in the archaeological and Parmenides in the theater auditorium, built recently. This is where the live legendary atmosphere of civilization eleatica, in a setting evocative and unforgettable.

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