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Pamphylian city and Roman monument
Aspendos grew near the Eurymedon trade route and minted its own coins. The theatre, generally dated to the second century CE, is associated with the architect Zenon through its inscription.
ASPENDOS ANCIENT THEATRE
A Roman theatre, a water city and two thousand years of performance.
Aspendos is more than its exceptionally preserved theatre. The hilltop city, aqueduct system and Eurymedon landscape explain the wealth behind the monument.
ASPENDOS ANCIENT THEATRE
Read the theatre together with the city that financed it
“The stage survived because every later century found a new reason to use it.”
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Aqueducts, agora and basilica
The elevated water system demonstrates engineering on a city-wide scale. Continue above the theatre to understand the civic centre rather than treating the monument as isolated.
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Legends, Seljuk use and modern performances
The famous competition-of-two-architects story belongs to local legend and must be labelled as such. Seljuk repairs and modern festivals reveal the building’s long performance life.
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01PLACES TO VISIT
Explore Antalya’s ancient cities, museums, waterfalls, caves, canyons, old quarters and evening routes.
Open guide →02THE HISTORY OF ANTALYA
Read Antalya’s history from prehistory, Pamphylia and Rome to Seljuks, Ottomans, Yörüks, occupation years and today.
Open guide →03ANTALYA MUSEUMS
Explore Antalya Museum, Side Museum, Alanya Museum, Suna & İnan Kıraç Kaleiçi Museum and regional collections.
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04ANTALYA REGION GUIDE
Compare Kaleiçi, Lara, Konyaaltı, Kemer, Belek, Side, Alanya, Kaş and Antalya’s other regions.
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