Velia

Also known as Ἐλέα, Ὑέλη, Elea, Elia

Velia was the Roman name of an ancient city on the coast of the Tyrrhenian Sea. It is located near the modern village of Ascea in the Province of Salerno, Italy.

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Ancient site.name: Velia
Ancient site.alternate_name: Hyele, Ele, Elea
Ancient site.image: Velia Excavation and Tower.jpg
Ancient site.caption: View of the excavations and the tower at Velia
Ancient site.map_type: Italy
Ancient site.location: Velia, Province of Salerno, Campania, Italy
Ancient site.region: Magna Graecia
Ancient site.type: city
Ancient site.builder: Settlers from Phocaea
Ancient site.built: Between 538 and 535 BC
Ancient site.occupants: Parmenides, Zeno, Statius
Ancient site.website: Parco archeologico di Elea-Velia

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Official website: parchipaestumvelia.cultura.gov.it
Image: Velia Excavation and Tower.jpg

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street address: contrada Piana di Velia, accesso da Via di Porta Rosa
Commons gallery: Velia (town)
Commons category: Velia (ancient town)
native label: Ελέα
inception: 0538-00-00
P8168: Alvier

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Velia was the Roman name of an ancient city on the coast of the Tyrrhenian Sea. It is located near the modern village of Ascea in the Province of Salerno, Italy.

It was founded by Greeks from Phocaea as Hyele () around 538–535 BCE, which one scholar has suggested may be a feminine form of ὕελος "glass", an Ionic form of the usual ὕαλος. The name later changed to Ele and then Elea (; ) before it became known by its current Latin and Italian name during the Roman era.