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Surroundings:

Theatre bathsLycian hemidrachm from Rhodiapolis (ca. 167-81 BC).Limyra Ptolemaion.Ptolemaion, Centauromachy  Metope. Antalya museumLimyra, Ptolemaion & Byzantine defence wall.Gaius Caesar cenotaphPerikle Tomb Frieze. Antalya Museum.Perikle Tomb Frieze. Antalya MuseumPerikle Tomb Frieze. Antalya MuseumRoman bridgeAramaic inscription Tombs.Necropolis VBridge near LimyraLimyra BridgeLimira BridgeNecropolis I

Location:

  • Türkiye, Yuvalılar
  • geo:36.343121,30.170473
  • Exact location

Period or year:

  • 1xx / unknown

Class:

  • Theatre or amphitheatre
  • visible

Identifiers:

  • vici:place=11143

Annotations

Hellenistic Theater that was rebuilt after the earthquake in about 140 AD thanks to money of Oporamos of Rhodiapolis1 .

  1. Frank Sear. Roman Theatres An Architectural Study By Hamida Sur p. 369   https://www.academia.edu/6053159/Roman_Theatres_An_Architectural_Study%C2%A0 
  2. An overview of Lycian theaters. By Banu Özdilek.   https://www.academia.edu/126077833/Lykia_Tiyatrolar%C4%B1na_Genel_Bak%C4%B1%C5%9F 

References

  1. George E. Bean, Lycian Turkey: An Archaeological Guide, London John Murray Publishers Ltd 1989, p.144


Nearby

Limyra, Theatre Thermae

Baths of the theatre.

Saklısu (Zemuri - Limyra)

Limyra - Lycian town - Zemuri

Limyra, Ptolemaion

Hellenistic round temple so-called Ptolemaion


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