Not to be confused with the municipality of Novi Velia. For other uses, see Velia (disambiguation). {{#invoke:Coordinates|coord}}{{#coordinates:40.159537|15.154241|type:city_region:IT|||||| |primary |name= }} Velia (Elea) Frazione and World Heritage Site {{#invoke:InfoboxImage|InfoboxImage|image= Velia Excavation and Tower. jpg|size= 300|sizedefault=256px|border= |alt=}} View of the excavations and the tower Country Italy Region Campania Province Salerno Comune Ascea Elevation 38 m (125 ft) Coordinates coord}}{{#coordinates: 40.159537|15.154241|type:city_region:IT name= }} Population 1,000 Timezone CET - summer (DST) CEST Postal code 84046 Dialing code (+39) 0974 UNESCO World Heritage Site Name Cilento and Vallo di Diano National Park with the Archaeological sites of Paestum and Velia, and the Certosa di Padula Year 1998 (#22) Number 842 Region Europe and North America Criteria iii, iv Type Cultural Gentilic Velini / Eleatici Wikimedia Commons: Elea-Velia Website: www. cilentodoc. it Velia is the Italian (and Latin) name of the ancient town of Elea located on the territory of the comune of Ascea, Salerno, Campania, Italy in a geographical sub-area named Cilento. Originally founded by the Greeks as Hyele in Magna Graecia around 538–535 BC, it is best known as the home of the philosophers Parmenides and Zeno of Elea, as well as the Eleatic school of which they were a part. The site of the Acropolis of ancient Elea, once a promontory (castello a mare, meaning "castle on the sea") and now inland, was renamed in the Middle Ages Castellammare della Bruca.
Daylight saving time zone
Central European Time
District
Province of Salerno
Population total
1000
Region
Campania
Time zone
Central European Time
Type
Frazione
World Heritage Site
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