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Last additions - Aspendos, 3/28/2006 |
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Detail View of Colonnade2 viewsA closer look at the barrel-vaulted colonnade atop the seating area.Aug 06, 2019
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The Theater of Aspendos3 viewsPat Bush photographs the exterior of the city's prime attraction, the best-preserved of all the ancient Greco-Roman theaters.Aug 06, 2019
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Antique Splendor2 viewsBuilt in the second century CE, during the reign of Marcus Aurelius, the Aspendos Theater is 96 meters, or 315 feet, across.Aug 06, 2019
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Seats for a Multitude2 viewsSources differ on the seating capacity of the Aspendos Theater - some say 12,000, others 15-20,000.Aug 06, 2019
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Stage Backdrop4 viewsAlthough the stage itself has not survived, the columns on which it rested are still in place, and the backdrop, known as the "scaenae frons", is still intact.Aug 06, 2019
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Colonnade3 viewsA barrel-vaulted colonnade runs around the top of the theater.Aug 06, 2019
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Tunnels2 viewsOne of a number of passages leading to the seating area.Aug 06, 2019
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Seating Plan2 viewsSeating was organized into two tiers, with twenty rows each in the bottom and top tiers.Aug 06, 2019
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The Show Goes On3 viewsThis is still a working theater; in the spring and summer the Aspendos International Festival of Opera and Ballet offers a series of music and drama productions.Aug 06, 2019
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Theatre Entrance4 viewsThe tunnel shown in the previous picsture leads to this portal.Aug 06, 2019
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Sandie with Camera4 viewsSandie adjusts her trusty Canon Powershot SD500 in preparation for the next shot.Aug 06, 2019
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Aqueduct Close-up4 viewsThe Romans built their aqueducts to last, but they weren't earthquake-proof.Aug 06, 2019
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