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Corinthian301 viewsA column capital in the Corinthian style.
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Amphitheater and Acropolis298 viewsLooking west. The Amphitheater was built into the side of the Acropolis.
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Strolling amidst the ruins of Aphrodisias283 viewsOur tour group heads for the Amphitheater.
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South Agora and Baths of Hadrian283 viewsThe Baths of Hadrian, built across the west end of the South Agora, were massively constructed from large tufa-like blocks faced with marble veneer and consist of five great barrel-vaulted chambers, with an imposing colonnaded court in front.
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Sarcophagus279 viewsDon't know whose.
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Tetrapylon273 viewsThis is the first structure you would normally see upon entry to the site. For us it was the last, since we walked the site in reverse. The Tetrapylon consisted of four rows of four columns (tetra = four and pylon = gateway in Greek). Built in the second century AD, It was extensively repaired and re-erected in 1990.
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Tetrapylon Pediment271 viewsThe pediment was decorated with relief figures of Eros and Nike hunting among the acanthus leaves.
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Sebasteion266 viewsSolidly built, but not earthquake-proof.
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Anatolia Restaurant - Main Entrance260 viewsEntrance to the Dining Room.
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Spring Blooms254 viewsAphrodisias is pleasantly situated amidst groves of trees and flowering bushes.
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The Bouleterion, or Odeon254 viewsCity council meetings were held here. Originally had a vaulted ceiling and seated 1,750 people, but the upper seating rows have collapsed, along with the roof. Dates from the late second or early third century AD.
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North Agora viewed from the Acropolis251 viewsThe north agora is a large public square (202 X 72 m), originally enclosed by stoas (porches) on all sides. Parts of the south and east stoas have remained standing since antiquity, and the north stoa was partially uncovered in excavations in the 1960s. Archaeologists believe this was the original center of Hellenistic Aphrodisias.
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