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  • Gortys. Crete. Greece. View of a well preserved Roman altar within the vast Praetorium complex at the archaeological site of Gortyn. Originally built in the 1st century BC to house the Roman governor of the newly formed province of Crete and Cyrenaica, the Praetorium complex included a basilican hall used as law courts, private residences and a shrine dedicated to Augustus. The vast Greco-Roman ruins of Gortyn or Gortys, a former ancient capital of Crete, are scattered among fields and olive groves in the middle of the Messara plain in the prefecture of Iraklio. Crete is Greece’s largest island and the fifth largest island in the Mediterranean.
    Greece_Crete_Gortys_044.tif
  • Gortys. Crete. Greece. View of a well preserved Roman altar within the vast Praetorium complex at the archaeological site of Gortyn. Originally built in the 1st century BC to house the Roman governor of the newly formed province of Crete and Cyrenaica, the Praetorium complex included a basilican hall used as law courts, private residences and a shrine dedicated to Augustus. The vast Greco-Roman ruins of Gortyn or Gortys, a former ancient capital of Crete, are scattered among fields and olive groves in the middle of the Messara plain in the prefecture of Iraklio. Crete is Greece’s largest island and the fifth largest island in the Mediterranean.
    Greece_Crete_Gortys_043.tif
  • Gortys. Crete. Greece. Part view of the remains of a Roman aqueduct at the archaeological site of Gortyn. This aqueduct supplied water from Zaros, 15 kilometres away,  for the city and its numerous fountains and nymphaeums. The vast Greco-Roman ruins of Gortyn or Gortys, a former ancient capital of Crete, are scattered among fields and olive groves in the middle of the Messara plain in the prefecture of Iraklio. Crete is Greece’s largest island and the fifth largest island in the Mediterranean.
    Greece_Crete_Gortys_067.tif
  • Gortys. Crete. Greece. Part view of the remains of a Roman aqueduct at the archaeological site of Gortyn. This aqueduct supplied water from Zaros, 15 kilometres away,  for the city and its numerous fountains and nymphaeums. The vast Greco-Roman ruins of Gortyn or Gortys, a former ancient capital of Crete, are scattered among fields and olive groves in the middle of the Messara plain in the prefecture of Iraklio. Crete is Greece’s largest island and the fifth largest island in the Mediterranean.
    Greece_Crete_Gortys_068.tif
  • Part view of lower Agora and Roman Baths. Sagalassos. Turkey.
    Turkey_Sagalassos_011.jpg
  • Part view of lower Agora and Roman Baths. Sagalassos. Turkey.
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  • Part view of lower Agora and Roman Baths. Sagalassos. Turkey.
    Turkey_Sagalassos_153.jpg
  • Part view of lower Agora and Roman Baths. Sagalassos. Turkey.
    Turkey_Sagalassos_008.jpg
  • Roman baths. Sagalassos. Turkey.
    Turkey_Sagalassos_157.jpg
  • Roman baths. Sagalassos. Turkey.
    Turkey_Sagalassos_155.jpg
  • Gortyn. Crete. Greece. View of a headless marble statue of an unknown Roman figure of the vast Praetorium complex at the archaeological site of Gortyn. Originally built in the 1st century BC to house the Roman governor of the newly formed province of Crete and Cyrenaica, the complex included a basilican hall used as law courts, private residences and a shrine dedicated to Augustus. The vast Greco-Roman ruins of Gortyn or Gortys, a former ancient capital of Crete, are scattered among fields and olive groves in the middle of the Messara plain in the prefecture of Iraklio. Crete is Greece’s largest island and the fifth largest island in the Mediterranean.
    Greece_Crete_Gortys_061.tif
  • Gortyn. Crete. Greece. View of a marble statue of a revered seated man possibly an unknown scholar or philosopher in the café courtyard at Gortys. It is believed to be a Roman copy of an original Greek statue dated to the 1st-3rd century AD. It is believed. The Greco-Roman ruins of Gortyn or Gortys, a former ancient capital of Crete, are scattered among fields and olive groves in the middle of the Messara plain. Its archaeological remains date mainly from the Roman and Byzantine periods.
    Greece_Crete_Gortys_024.tif
  • Gortyn. Crete. Greece. View of the remains of the Odeon which was built in the 1st century BC and then restored during the reign of Roman Emperor Trajan due to earthquake damage. Behind it is the modern building sheltering the blocks of Law Code. The Greco-Roman ruins of Gortyn or Gortys, a former ancient capital of Crete, are scattered among fields and olive groves in the middle of the Messara plain. Its archaeological remains date mainly from the Roman and Byzantine periods.
    Greece_Crete_Gortys_015.tif
  • Gortyn. Crete. Greece. View of the remains of the Odeon which was built in the 1st century BC and then restored during the reign of Roman Emperor Trajan due to earthquake damage. Behind it is the modern building sheltering the blocks of Law Code. The Greco-Roman ruins of Gortyn or Gortys, a former ancient capital of Crete, are scattered among fields and olive groves in the middle of the Messara plain. Its archaeological remains date mainly from the Roman and Byzantine periods.
    Greece_Crete_Gortys_012.tif
  • Gortyn. Crete. Greece. View of the remains of the Odeon which was built in the 1st century BC and then restored during the reign of Roman Emperor Trajan due to earthquake damage. Behind it is the modern building sheltering the blocks of Law Code. The Greco-Roman ruins of Gortyn or Gortys, a former ancient capital of Crete, are scattered among fields and olive groves in the middle of the Messara plain. Its archaeological remains date mainly from the Roman and Byzantine periods.
    Greece_Crete_Gortys_013.tif
  • Gortyn. Crete. Greece. View of the remains of the Odeon which was built in the 1st century BC and then restored during the reign of Roman Emperor Trajan due to earthquake damage. Behind it is the modern building sheltering the blocks of Law Code. The Greco-Roman ruins of Gortyn or Gortys, a former ancient capital of Crete, are scattered among fields and olive groves in the middle of the Messara plain. Its archaeological remains date mainly from the Roman and Byzantine periods.
    Greece_Crete_Gortys_011.tif
  • Gortyn. Crete. Greece. View of a headless marble statue of an unknown Roman figure of the vast Praetorium complex at the archaeological site of Gortyn. Originally built in the 1st century BC to house the Roman governor of the newly formed province of Crete and Cyrenaica, the complex included a basilican hall used as law courts, private residences and a shrine dedicated to Augustus. The vast Greco-Roman ruins of Gortyn or Gortys, a former ancient capital of Crete, are scattered among fields and olive groves in the middle of the Messara plain in the prefecture of Iraklio. Crete is Greece’s largest island and the fifth largest island in the Mediterranean.
    Greece_Crete_Gortys_062.tif
  • Gortyn. Crete. Greece. View of a marble statue of a revered seated man possibly an unknown scholar or philosopher in the café courtyard at Gortys. It is believed to be a Roman copy of an original Greek statue dated to the 1st-3rd century AD. It is believed. The Greco-Roman ruins of Gortyn or Gortys, a former ancient capital of Crete, are scattered among fields and olive groves in the middle of the Messara plain. Its archaeological remains date mainly from the Roman and Byzantine periods.
    Greece_Crete_Gortys_023.tif
  • Gortyn. Crete. Greece. View of the remains of the Odeon which was built in the 1st century BC and then restored during the reign of Roman Emperor Trajan due to earthquake damage. Behind it is the modern building sheltering the blocks of Law Code. The Greco-Roman ruins of Gortyn or Gortys, a former ancient capital of Crete, are scattered among fields and olive groves in the middle of the Messara plain. Its archaeological remains date mainly from the Roman and Byzantine periods.
    Greece_Crete_Gortys_014.tif
  • Gortyn. Crete. Greece. View of the jumbled ruins of stone blocks and marble column stumps from the vast Praetorium complex at the archaeological site of Gortyn. Originally built in the 1st century BC to house the Roman governor of the newly formed province of Crete and Cyrenaica, the complex included a basilican hall used as law courts, private residences and a shrine dedicated to Augustus. The vast Greco-Roman ruins of Gortyn or Gortys, a former ancient capital of Crete, are scattered among fields and olive groves in the middle of the Messara plain in the prefecture of Iraklio. Crete is Greece’s largest island and the fifth largest island in the Mediterranean.
    Greece_Crete_Gortys_053.tif
  • Gortyn. Crete. Greece. View of the scare remains of a Roman theatre with half of its cavea surviving near Temple of Pythian Apollo at the archaeological site of Gortyn. The vast Greco-Roman ruins of Gortyn or Gortys, a former ancient capital of Crete, are scattered among fields and olive groves in the middle of the Messara plain in the prefecture of Iraklio. Crete is Greece’s largest island and the fifth largest island in the Mediterranean.
    Greece_Crete_Gortys_026.tif
  • Gortyn. Crete. Greece. Part view of the jumbled ruins of stone blocks, marble column stumps and fallen columns from the vast Praetorium complex at the archaeological site of Gortyn. Originally built in the 1st century BC to house the Roman governor of the newly formed province of Crete and Cyrenaica, the complex included a basilican hall used as law courts, private residences and a shrine dedicated to Augustus. The vast Greco-Roman ruins of Gortyn or Gortys, a former ancient capital of Crete, are scattered among fields and olive groves in the middle of the Messara plain in the prefecture of Iraklio. Crete is Greece’s largest island and the fifth largest island in the Mediterranean.
    Greece_Crete_Gortys_051.tif
  • Gortyn. Crete. Greece. Part view of the famous Law Code which is inscribed in the Greek Dorian dialect on huge blocks of stones used to reconstruct the odeion.  Dating from 500BC, they are the first code of law in Europe and they were written in a style known as boustrophedon, that is one line from left to right and the next line from right to left, just as an ox ploughs a field. The Greco-Roman ruins of Gortyn or Gortys, a former ancient capital of Crete, are scattered among fields and olive groves in the middle of the Messara plain. Its archaeological remains date mainly from the Roman and Byzantine periods.
    Greece_Crete_Gortys_016.tif
  • Gortyn. Crete. Greece. View of the jumbled ruins of stone blocks and marble column stumps from the vast Praetorium complex at the archaeological site of Gortyn. Originally built in the 1st century BC to house the Roman governor of the newly formed province of Crete and Cyrenaica, the complex included a basilican hall used as law courts, private residences and a shrine dedicated to Augustus. The vast Greco-Roman ruins of Gortyn or Gortys, a former ancient capital of Crete, are scattered among fields and olive groves in the middle of the Messara plain in the prefecture of Iraklio. Crete is Greece’s largest island and the fifth largest island in the Mediterranean.
    Greece_Crete_Gortys_054.tif
  • Gortyn. Crete. Greece. View of the jumbled ruins of stone blocks and marble column stumps from the vast Praetorium complex at the archaeological site of Gortyn. Originally built in the 1st century BC to house the Roman governor of the newly formed province of Crete and Cyrenaica, the complex included a basilican hall used as law courts, private residences and a shrine dedicated to Augustus. The vast Greco-Roman ruins of Gortyn or Gortys, a former ancient capital of Crete, are scattered among fields and olive groves in the middle of the Messara plain in the prefecture of Iraklio. Crete is Greece’s largest island and the fifth largest island in the Mediterranean.
    Greece_Crete_Gortys_052.tif
  • Gortyn. Crete. Greece. View of the jumbled ruins of stone blocks and marble column stumps from the vast Praetorium complex at the archaeological site of Gortyn. Originally built in the 1st century BC to house the Roman governor of the newly formed province of Crete and Cyrenaica, the complex included a basilican hall used as law courts, private residences and a shrine dedicated to Augustus. The vast Greco-Roman ruins of Gortyn or Gortys, a former ancient capital of Crete, are scattered among fields and olive groves in the middle of the Messara plain in the prefecture of Iraklio. Crete is Greece’s largest island and the fifth largest island in the Mediterranean.
    Greece_Crete_Gortys_050.tif
  • Gortyn. Crete. Greece. View along an excavated path that borders (to the right) the jumbled ruins of the vast Praetorium complex at the archaeological site of Gortyn. Originally built in the 1st century BC to house the Roman governor of the newly formed province of Crete and Cyrenaica, the complex included a basilican hall used as law courts, private residences and a shrine dedicated to Augustus. The vast Greco-Roman ruins of Gortyn or Gortys, a former ancient capital of Crete, are scattered among fields and olive groves in the middle of the Messara plain in the prefecture of Iraklio. Crete is Greece’s largest island and the fifth largest island in the Mediterranean.
    Greece_Crete_Gortys_046.tif
  • Gortyn. Crete. Greece. View of the scare remains of a Roman theatre with half of its cavea surviving near Temple of Pythian Apollo at the archaeological site of Gortyn. The vast Greco-Roman ruins of Gortyn or Gortys, a former ancient capital of Crete, are scattered among fields and olive groves in the middle of the Messara plain in the prefecture of Iraklio. Crete is Greece’s largest island and the fifth largest island in the Mediterranean.
    Greece_Crete_Gortys_028.tif
  • Gortyn. Crete. Greece. View of the famous evergreen and ageless plane tree at the archaeological site at Gortys. According to legend, Zeus in the appearance of a bull brought Princess Europa to lie with him under the tree after abducting her from Phoenica. Three mythical sons were born to Europa: Minos, Rhadamanthys and Sarpedon. It is said, the plane tree witnessed all this and has refused to sheds its leaves ever since. In centuries past, locals used to picks the leaves of the tree hoping that it will help them have sons. The Greco-Roman ruins of Gortyn or Gortys, a former ancient capital of Crete, are scattered among fields and olive groves in the middle of the Messara plain. Its archaeological remains date mainly from the Roman and Byzantine periods.
    Greece_Crete_Gortys_021.tif
  • Gortyn. Crete. Greece. Part view of the famous Law Code which is inscribed in the Greek Dorian dialect on huge blocks of stones used to reconstruct the odeion.  Dating from 500BC, they are the first code of law in Europe and they were written in a style known as boustrophedon, that is one line from left to right and the next line from right to left, just as an ox ploughs a field. The Greco-Roman ruins of Gortyn or Gortys, a former ancient capital of Crete, are scattered among fields and olive groves in the middle of the Messara plain. Its archaeological remains date mainly from the Roman and Byzantine periods.
    Greece_Crete_Gortys_020.tif
  • Gortyn. Crete. Greece. Part view of the famous Law Code which is inscribed in the Greek Dorian dialect on huge blocks of stones used to reconstruct the odeion.  Dating from 500BC, they are the first code of law in Europe and they were written in a style known as boustrophedon, that is one line from left to right and the next line from right to left, just as an ox ploughs a field. The Greco-Roman ruins of Gortyn or Gortys, a former ancient capital of Crete, are scattered among fields and olive groves in the middle of the Messara plain. Its archaeological remains date mainly from the Roman and Byzantine periods.
    Greece_Crete_Gortys_018.tif
  • Gortyn. Crete. Greece. View over excavated ruins to the Odeon and the modern building sheltering the blocks of Law code Gortys. Scattered among fields and olive groves in the middle of the Messara plain lays the Greco-Roman ruins of Gortyn or Gortys which is a former ancient capital of Crete.  Gortyn prospered during the period of the Dorian city states in the 6th century BC and achieved the status of the capital of Crete after the Roman invasion in 67 BC. It kept this title until the Arab conquest in 828 AD. Gortyn is said to have sheltered Hannibal after his defeat in 189 BC at Magnesia.
    Greece_Crete_Gortys_010.tif
  • Gortyn. Crete. Greece. View of a stone block inscribed in Greek at Gortys. Scattered among fields and olive groves in the middle of the Messara plain lays the Greco-Roman ruins of Gortyn or Gortys which is a former ancient capital of Crete.  Gortyn prospered during the period of the Dorian city states in the 6th century BC and achieved the status of the capital of Crete after the Roman invasion in 67 BC. It kept this title until the Arab conquest in 828 AD. Gortyn is said to have sheltered Hannibal after his defeat in 189 BC at Magnesia.
    Greece_Crete_Gortys_004.tif
  • Gortyn. Crete. Greece. View of the jumbled ruins of stone blocks and marble column stumps from the vast Praetorium complex at the archaeological site of Gortyn. Originally built in the 1st century BC to house the Roman governor of the newly formed province of Crete and Cyrenaica, the complex included a basilican hall used as law courts, private residences and a shrine dedicated to Augustus. The vast Greco-Roman ruins of Gortyn or Gortys, a former ancient capital of Crete, are scattered among fields and olive groves in the middle of the Messara plain in the prefecture of Iraklio. Crete is Greece’s largest island and the fifth largest island in the Mediterranean.
    Greece_Crete_Gortys_056.tif
  • Gortyn. Crete. Greece. View along an excavated path that borders (to the right) the jumbled ruins of the vast Praetorium complex at the archaeological site of Gortyn. Originally built in the 1st century BC to house the Roman governor of the newly formed province of Crete and Cyrenaica, the complex included a basilican hall used as law courts, private residences and a shrine dedicated to Augustus. The vast Greco-Roman ruins of Gortyn or Gortys, a former ancient capital of Crete, are scattered among fields and olive groves in the middle of the Messara plain in the prefecture of Iraklio. Crete is Greece’s largest island and the fifth largest island in the Mediterranean.
    Greece_Crete_Gortys_045.tif
  • Gortyn. Crete. Greece. View of the scare remains of a Roman theatre with half of its cavea surviving near Temple of Pythian Apollo at the archaeological site of Gortyn. The vast Greco-Roman ruins of Gortyn or Gortys, a former ancient capital of Crete, are scattered among fields and olive groves in the middle of the Messara plain in the prefecture of Iraklio. Crete is Greece’s largest island and the fifth largest island in the Mediterranean.
    Greece_Crete_Gortys_027.tif
  • Gortyn. Crete. Greece. View of the famous evergreen and ageless plane tree at the archaeological site at Gortys. According to legend, Zeus in the appearance of a bull brought Princess Europa to lie with him under the tree after abducting her from Phoenica. Three mythical sons were born to Europa: Minos, Rhadamanthys and Sarpedon. It is said, the plane tree witnessed all this and has refused to sheds its leaves ever since. In centuries past, locals used to picks the leaves of the tree hoping that it will help them have sons. The Greco-Roman ruins of Gortyn or Gortys, a former ancient capital of Crete, are scattered among fields and olive groves in the middle of the Messara plain. Its archaeological remains date mainly from the Roman and Byzantine periods.
    Greece_Crete_Gortys_022.tif
  • Gortyn. Crete. Greece. View over excavated ruins to the Odeon and the modern building sheltering the blocks of Law code Gortys. Scattered among fields and olive groves in the middle of the Messara plain lays the Greco-Roman ruins of Gortyn or Gortys which is a former ancient capital of Crete.  Gortyn prospered during the period of the Dorian city states in the 6th century BC and achieved the status of the capital of Crete after the Roman invasion in 67 BC. It kept this title until the Arab conquest in 828 AD. Gortyn is said to have sheltered Hannibal after his defeat in 189 BC at Magnesia.
    Greece_Crete_Gortys_009.tif
  • Gortyn. Crete. Greece. View of the jumbled ruins of stone blocks and marble column stumps from the vast Praetorium complex at the archaeological site of Gortyn. Originally built in the 1st century BC to house the Roman governor of the newly formed province of Crete and Cyrenaica, the complex included a basilican hall used as law courts, private residences and a shrine dedicated to Augustus. The vast Greco-Roman ruins of Gortyn or Gortys, a former ancient capital of Crete, are scattered among fields and olive groves in the middle of the Messara plain in the prefecture of Iraklio. Crete is Greece’s largest island and the fifth largest island in the Mediterranean.
    Greece_Crete_Gortys_055.tif
  • Gortyn. Crete. Greece. View of the scare remains of a Roman theatre with half of its cavea surviving near Temple of Pythian Apollo at the archaeological site of Gortyn. The vast Greco-Roman ruins of Gortyn or Gortys, a former ancient capital of Crete, are scattered among fields and olive groves in the middle of the Messara plain in the prefecture of Iraklio. Crete is Greece’s largest island and the fifth largest island in the Mediterranean.
    Greece_Crete_Gortys_025.tif
  • Gortyn. Crete. Greece. Part view of the famous Law Code which is inscribed in the Greek Dorian dialect on huge blocks of stones used to reconstruct the odeion.  Dating from 500BC, they are the first code of law in Europe and they were written in a style known as boustrophedon, that is one line from left to right and the next line from right to left, just as an ox ploughs a field. The Greco-Roman ruins of Gortyn or Gortys, a former ancient capital of Crete, are scattered among fields and olive groves in the middle of the Messara plain. Its archaeological remains date mainly from the Roman and Byzantine periods.
    Greece_Crete_Gortys_019.tif
  • Gortyn. Crete. Greece. Part view of the famous Law Code which is inscribed in the Greek Dorian dialect on huge blocks of stones used to reconstruct the odeion.  Dating from 500BC, they are the first code of law in Europe and they were written in a style known as boustrophedon, that is one line from left to right and the next line from right to left, just as an ox ploughs a field. The Greco-Roman ruins of Gortyn or Gortys, a former ancient capital of Crete, are scattered among fields and olive groves in the middle of the Messara plain. Its archaeological remains date mainly from the Roman and Byzantine periods.
    Greece_Crete_Gortys_017.tif
  • The library foundered by Ti. Flavius Severianus Neon, who was the greatest patron of Sagalassos in the first decades of the 2nd century AD. Sagalassos. Turkey.
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  • The library foundered by Ti. Flavius Severianus Neon, who was the greatest patron of Sagalassos in the first decades of the 2nd century AD. Sagalassos. Turkey.
    Turkey_Sagalassos_113.jpg
  • The library foundered by Ti. Flavius Severianus Neon, who was the greatest patron of Sagalassos in the first decades of the 2nd century AD. Sagalassos. Turkey.
    Turkey_Sagalassos_107.jpg
  • The library foundered by Ti. Flavius Severianus Neon, who was the greatest patron of Sagalassos in the first decades of the 2nd century AD. Sagalassos. Turkey.
    Turkey_Sagalassos_109.jpg
  • The Hellenistic style Roman theatre, which seated 9000 spectators and is built on the highest altitude in the world (for such a theatre). Sagalassos. Turkey.
    Turkey_Sagalassos_014.jpg
  • The Hellenistic style Roman theatre which seated 9000 spectators and is built on the highest altitude in the world (for such a theatre). Sagalassos. Turkey.
    Turkey_Sagalassos_209.jpg
  • The Hellenistic style Roman theatre which seated 9000 spectators and is built on the highest altitude in the world (for such a theatre). Sagalassos. Turkey.
    Turkey_Sagalassos_202.jpg
  • The Hellenistic style Roman theatre which seated 9000 spectators and is built on the highest altitude in the world (for such a theatre). Sagalassos. Turkey.
    Turkey_Sagalassos_179.jpg
  • The Hellenistic style Roman theatre, which seated 9000 spectators and is built on the highest altitude in the world (for such a theatre). Sagalassos. Turkey.
    Turkey_Sagalassos_167.jpg
  • The Hellenistic style Roman theatre which seated 9000 spectators and is built on the highest altitude in the world (for such a theatre). Sagalassos. Turkey.
    Turkey_Sagalassos_196.jpg
  • The Hellenistic style Roman theatre which seated 9000 spectators and is built on the highest altitude in the world (for such a theatre). Sagalassos. Turkey.
    Turkey_Sagalassos_197.jpg
  • The Hellenistic style Roman theatre which seated 9000 spectators and is built on the highest altitude in the world (for such a theatre). Sagalassos. Turkey.
    Turkey_Sagalassos_193.jpg
  • The Hellenistic style Roman theatre, which seated 9000 spectators and is built on the highest altitude in the world (for such a theatre). Sagalassos. Turkey.
    Turkey_Sagalassos_169.jpg
  • The Hellenistic style Roman theatre, which seated 9000 spectators and is built on the highest altitude in the world (for such a theatre). Sagalassos. Turkey.
    Turkey_Sagalassos_166.jpg
  • The Hellenistic style Roman theatre, which seated 9000 spectators and is built on the highest altitude in the world (for such a theatre). Sagalassos. Turkey
    Turkey_Sagalassos_164.jpg
  • The Hellenistic style Roman theatre, which seated 9000 spectators and is built on the highest altitude in the world (for such a theatre). Sagalassos. Turkey
    Turkey_Sagalassos_005.jpg
  • The Hellenistic style Roman theatre, which seated 9000 spectators and is built on the highest altitude in the world (for such a theatre). Sagalassos. Turkey.
    Turkey_Sagalassos_001.jpg
  • The Hellenistic style Roman theatre which seated 9000 spectators and is built on the highest altitude in the world (for such a theatre). Sagalassos. Turkey.
    Turkey_Sagalassos_213.jpg
  • The Hellenistic style Roman theatre which seated 9000 spectators and is built on the highest altitude in the world (for such a theatre). Sagalassos. Turkey.
    Turkey_Sagalassos_190.jpg
  • The Hellenistic style Roman theatre, which seated 9000 spectators and is built on the highest altitude in the world (for such a theatre). Sagalassos. Turkey.
    Turkey_Sagalassos_168.jpg
  • The Hellenistic style Roman theatre, which seated 9000 spectators and is built on the highest altitude in the world (for such a theatre). Sagalassos. Turkey.
    Turkey_Sagalassos_165.jpg
  • Turkey. Ephesus. Dramatic view from the top tier of the Great theatre of Ephesus which is built on the slopes Mount Pion. Originally built by the Greeks in third century BC during the Hellenistic reign of Lysimachus, the theatre was remodelled and enlarged by the Romans to what is seen today. The tiers could accommodate 25,000 people which made it one of the largest theatres in the Roman world. Used for plays, concerts and gladiatorial events, the theatre is famous for its use by the Bible character St Paul as a place to preach against pagan worship
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  • Turkey. Ephesus. Dramatic view from the top tier of the Great theatre of Ephesus which is built on the slopes Mount Pion. Originally built by the Greeks in third century BC during the Hellenistic reign of Lysimachus, the theatre was remodelled and enlarged by the Romans to what is seen today. The tiers could accommodate 25,000 people which made it one of the largest theatres in the Roman world. Used for plays, concerts and gladiatorial events, the theatre is famous for its use by the Bible character St Paul as a place to preach against pagan worship
    Turkey-Ephesus_003.jpg
  • Turkey. Ephesus. Dramatic view from the top tier of the Great theatre of Ephesus which is built on the slopes Mount Pion. Originally built by the Greeks in third century BC during the Hellenistic reign of Lysimachus, the theatre was remodelled and enlarged by the Romans to what is seen today. The tiers could accommodate 25,000 people which made it one of the largest theatres in the Roman world. Used for plays, concerts and gladiatorial events, the theatre is famous for its use by the Bible character St Paul as a place to preach against pagan worship
    Turkey-Ephesus_024.jpg
  • Turkey. Ephesus. Dramatic view from the top tier of the Great theatre of Ephesus which is built on the slopes Mount Pion. Originally built by the Greeks in third century BC during the Hellenistic reign of Lysimachus, the theatre was remodelled and enlarged by the Romans to what is seen today. The tiers could accommodate 25,000 people which made it one of the largest theatres in the Roman world. Used for plays, concerts and gladiatorial events, the theatre is famous for its use by the Bible character St Paul as a place to preach against pagan worship
    Turkey-Ephesus_023.jpg
  • Relief of Medusa with ornaments of acanthus leaves decorating the entrance door Tympanum of the Temple of Hadrian. Ephesus. Turkey. Located in the heart of Ephesus on Curetes Street, the Temple was built around 138 AD to honour a visit by Roman Emperor Hadrian.
    Turkey-Ephesus_090.jpg
  • Arcadian Way or Harbour Street which led from the Great theatre to the harbour (now silted up). Ephesus. Turkey.  The street was over 500 metres long and 11 metres wide. Originally built during the Hellenistic period, the street was restored during the reign of Roman Emperor Arcadius (395-408 AD) whom the street was then named after. It was laid with marble and lined with covered porticoes on each side and even street lighting was provided by a number of lamps.
    Turkey-Ephesus_013.jpg
  • Turkey. Ephesus. View of the precinct of Artemis and the Temples of Dea Roma and Divus (Divine) Julius Caesar. The temples were built to celebrate the Goddess Rome, the Roman divinty by antonomasia, together with Julius Caesar, whose divine attributes were admired.
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  • The ruins of the Prytaneion. Ephesus. Turkey. Originally dating from the 3rd century BC, the building was remodelled over time and attained it final form during the reign of Roman Emperor Augustus. It consisted of a large central square surrounded by a portico of Ionic columns and houses of the priests whose names are carved into the columns. The city sacred fire was continually burning within its walls and the building functioned as a place to host civic and religious dignitaries and house important events, receptions and banquets.
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  • Turkey. Ephesus. Greek inscription and egg and dart mouldings on large cornice with the dedicatory inscription of the Fountain of Trajan. Dating from the 2nd century AD, the fountain was built in honour of and dedicated to Roman Emperor Trajan.  It originally consisted of two levels rising to a height of 12 metres with a basin surrounded by pillars intersected with statues of divinities named members of the Emperors family.
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  • The Fountain of Trajan located on Curetes street. Turkey. Ephesus. Dating from the 2nd century AD, the fountain was built in honour of and dedicated to Roman Emperor Trajan.  It originally consisted of two levels rising to a height of 12 metres with a basin surrounded by pillars intersected with statues of divinities named members of the Emperors family.
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  • The Fountain of Trajan located on Curetes street. Turkey. Ephesus. Dating from the 2nd century AD, the fountain was built in honour of and dedicated to Roman Emperor Trajan.  It originally consisted of two levels rising to a height of 12 metres with a basin surrounded by pillars intersected with statues of divinities named members of the Emperors family.
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  • Relief of Fortune the Goddess of Fate that decorates the keystone the archway leading into the Temple of Hadrian. Ephesus. Turkey. Located in the heart of Ephesus on Curetes Street, the Temple was built around 138 AD to honour a visit by Roman Emperor Hadrian.
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  • The facade of the Temple of Hadrian with its elegant Corinthian columns and curved arch. Turkey. Ephesus. Located in the heart of Ephesus on Curetes Street, the Temple was built around 138 AD to honour a visit by Roman Emperor Hadrian.
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  • Arcadian Way or Harbour Street which led from the Great theatre to the harbour (now silted up). Ephesus. Turkey.  The street was over 500 metres long and 11 metres wide. Originally built during the Hellenistic period, the street was restored during the reign of Roman Emperor Arcadius (395-408 AD) whom the street was then named after. It was laid with marble and lined with covered porticoes on each side and even street lighting was provided by a number of lamps.
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  • Arcadian Way or Harbour Street which led from the Great theatre to the harbour (now silted up). Ephesus. Turkey.  The street was over 500 metres long and 11 metres wide. Originally built during the Hellenistic period, the street was restored during the reign of Roman Emperor Arcadius (395-408 AD) whom the street was then named after. It was laid with marble and lined with covered porticoes on each side and even street lighting was provided by a number of lamps.
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  • The Arcadian Way or Harbour Street and the Great Theatre in the background. The Arcadiane was over 500 metres long and 11 metres wide. In antiquity it led from the Great theatre to the harbour (now silted up). Originally built during the Hellenistic period, the street was restored during the reign of Roman Emperor Arcadius (395-408 AD) whom the street was then named after. It was laid with marble and lined with covered porticoes on each side and even street lighting was provided by a number of lamps.
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  • The Arcadian Way or Harbour Street and the Great Theatre in the background. The Arcadiane was over 500 metres long and 11 metres wide. In antiquity it led from the Great theatre to the harbour (now silted up). Originally built during the Hellenistic period, the street was restored during the reign of Roman Emperor Arcadius (395-408 AD) whom the street was then named after. It was laid with marble and lined with covered porticoes on each side and even street lighting was provided by a number of lamps.
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  • The Arcadian Way or Harbour Street and the Great Theatre in the background. The Arcadiane was over 500 metres long and 11 metres wide. In antiquity it led from the Great theatre to the harbour (now silted up). Originally built during the Hellenistic period, the street was restored during the reign of Roman Emperor Arcadius (395-408 AD) whom the street was then named after. It was laid with marble and lined with covered porticoes on each side and even street lighting was provided by a number of lamps.
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  • Turkey. Ephesus. Relief of Medusa with ornaments of acanthus leaves that sits above the door inside the Temple of Hadrian. Located in the heart of Ephesus on Curetes Street, the Temple was built around 138 AD to honour a visit by Roman Emperor Hadrian.
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  • The ruins of the Prytaneion. Ephesus. Turkey. Originally dating from the 3rd century BC, the building was remodelled over time and attained it final form during the reign of Roman Emperor Augustus. It consisted of a large central square surrounded by a portico of Ionic columns and houses of the priests whose names are carved into the columns. The city sacred fire was continually burning within its walls and the building functioned as a place to host civic and religious dignitaries and house important events, receptions and banquets.
    Turkey-Ephesus_129.jpg
  • Large cornice with the dedicatory inscription of the Fountain of Trajan located on Curetes street. Turkey. Ephesus. Dating from the 2nd century AD, the fountain was built in honour of and dedicated to Roman Emperor Trajan.  It originally consisted of two levels rising to a height of 12 metres with a basin surrounded by pillars intersected with statues of divinities named members of the Emperors family.
    Turkey-Ephesus_096.jpg
  • The Fountain of Trajan located on Curetes street. Turkey. Ephesus. Dating from the 2nd century AD, the fountain was built in honour of and dedicated to Roman Emperor Trajan.  It originally consisted of two levels rising to a height of 12 metres with a basin surrounded by pillars intersected with statues of divinities named members of the Emperors family.
    Turkey-Ephesus_094.jpg
  • Relief of Fortune the Goddess of Fate that decorates the keystone the archway leading into the Temple of Hadrian. Ephesus. Turkey. Located in the heart of Ephesus on Curetes Street, the Temple was built around 138 AD to honour a visit by Roman Emperor Hadrian.
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  • Relief of Medusa with ornaments of acanthus leaves decorating the entrance door Tympanum of the Temple of Hadrian. Ephesus. Turkey. Located in the heart of Ephesus on Curetes Street, the Temple was built around 138 AD to honour a visit by Roman Emperor Hadrian.
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  • The facade of the Temple of Hadrian with its elegant Corinthian columns and curved arch. Turkey. Ephesus. Located in the heart of Ephesus on Curetes Street, the Temple was built around 138 AD to honour a visit by Roman Emperor Hadrian.
    Turkey-Ephesus_085.jpg
  • Arcadian Way or Harbour Street which led from the Great theatre to the harbour (now silted up). Ephesus. Turkey.  The street was over 500 metres long and 11 metres wide. Originally built during the Hellenistic period, the street was restored during the reign of Roman Emperor Arcadius (395-408 AD) whom the street was then named after. It was laid with marble and lined with covered porticoes on each side and even street lighting was provided by a number of lamps.
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  • Arcadian Way or Harbour Street which led from the Great theatre to the harbour (now silted up). Ephesus. Turkey.  The street was over 500 metres long and 11 metres wide. Originally built during the Hellenistic period, the street was restored during the reign of Roman Emperor Arcadius (395-408 AD) whom the street was then named after. It was laid with marble and lined with covered porticoes on each side and even street lighting was provided by a number of lamps.
    Turkey-Ephesus_026.jpg
  • The Arcadian Way or Harbour Street and the Great Theatre in the background. The Arcadiane was over 500 metres long and 11 metres wide. In antiquity it led from the Great theatre to the harbour (now silted up). Originally built during the Hellenistic period, the street was restored during the reign of Roman Emperor Arcadius (395-408 AD) whom the street was then named after. It was laid with marble and lined with covered porticoes on each side and even street lighting was provided by a number of lamps.
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  • The Arcadian Way or Harbour Street and the Great Theatre in the background. The Arcadiane was over 500 metres long and 11 metres wide. In antiquity it led from the Great theatre to the harbour (now silted up). Originally built during the Hellenistic period, the street was restored during the reign of Roman Emperor Arcadius (395-408 AD) whom the street was then named after. It was laid with marble and lined with covered porticoes on each side and even street lighting was provided by a number of lamps.
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  • The facade of the Temple of Hadrian with its elegant Corinthian columns and curved arch. Turkey. Ephesus. Located in the heart of Ephesus on Curetes Street, the Temple was built around 138 AD to honour a visit by Roman Emperor Hadrian.
    Turkey-Ephesus_004.jpg
  • The Arcadian Way or Harbour Street and the Great Theatre in the background. The Arcadiane was over 500 metres long and 11 metres wide. In antiquity it led from the Great theatre to the harbour (now silted up). Originally built during the Hellenistic period, the street was restored during the reign of Roman Emperor Arcadius (395-408 AD) whom the street was then named after. It was laid with marble and lined with covered porticoes on each side and even street lighting was provided by a number of lamps.
    Turkey-Ephesus_002.jpg
  • The ruins of the Prytaneion. Ephesus. Turkey. Originally dating from the 3rd century BC, the building was remodelled over time and attained it final form during the reign of Roman Emperor Augustus. It consisted of a large central square surrounded by a portico of Ionic columns and houses of the priests whose names are carved into the columns. The city sacred fire was continually burning within its walls and the building functioned as a place to host civic and religious dignitaries and house important events, receptions and banquets.
    Turkey-Ephesus_130.jpg
  • The facade of the Temple of Hadrian with its elegant Corinthian columns and curved arch. Turkey. Ephesus. Located in the heart of Ephesus on Curetes Street, the Temple was built around 138 AD to honour a visit by Roman Emperor Hadrian.
    Turkey-Ephesus_087.jpg
  • The facade of the Temple of Hadrian with its elegant Corinthian columns and curved arch. Turkey. Ephesus. Located in the heart of Ephesus on Curetes Street, the Temple was built around 138 AD to honour a visit by Roman Emperor Hadrian.
    Turkey-Ephesus_086.jpg
  • The facade of the Temple of Hadrian with its elegant Corinthian columns and curved arch. Turkey. Ephesus. Located in the heart of Ephesus on Curetes Street, the Temple was built around 138 AD to honour a visit by Roman Emperor Hadrian.
    Turkey-Ephesus_084.jpg
  • Arcadian Way or Harbour Street which led from the Great theatre to the harbour (now silted up). Ephesus. Turkey.  The street was over 500 metres long and 11 metres wide. Originally built during the Hellenistic period, the street was restored during the reign of Roman Emperor Arcadius (395-408 AD) whom the street was then named after. It was laid with marble and lined with covered porticoes on each side and even street lighting was provided by a number of lamps.
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  • Gortyn. Crete. Greece. View of the Nymphaeum which dates from the second century and is situated north of the Praetorium. It had a rectangle plan, 17 by 8 metres and included a rectangular cistern, 11.5metres long, 4.5 m wide and 1 m deep. The water flowed from the cistern into three marble basins and from them, through spouts onto the paved courtyard. In Byzantine times it was used as a public fountain. The vast Greco-Roman ruins of Gortyn or Gortys, a former ancient capital of Crete, are scattered among fields and olive groves in the middle of the Messara plain in the prefecture of Iraklio. Crete is Greece’s largest island and the fifth largest island in the Mediterranean.
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