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Surroundings:

Heroon 1Heroon 1St. Michael Basilica in MiletusSt. Michael Basilica in MiletusSt. Michael Basilica in MiletusSt. Michael Basilica in MiletusSt. Michael Basilica in MiletusSt. Michael Basilica in MiletusSt. Michael Basilica in MiletusSt. Michael Basilica in MiletusHarbour Monument - 67bce or 31bce.The Faustina Baths, MiletusFaustina baths, CaldariumFaustina baths, FrigidariumFaustina bathsMeanderThe Ionic Stoa, MiletusThe Ionic Stoa on the Sacred Way, MiletusSerapeum of MiletusSerapeionSerapeionMiletMiletBouleuterionBouleuterion courtyard & AltarTheater of MiletusOverall viewAgora and stoaSouth agora gate (in situ) remainsTheater

Location:

  • Türkiye, Balat
  • geo:37.530731,27.275946
  • Exact location

Period or year:

  • -3xx / unknown

Class:

  • Theatre or amphitheatre
  • visible

Identifiers:

  • vici:place=11567

Annotations

Sources:

  1. Ekrem Akurgal, Ancient Civilisations and Ruins of Turkey: From Prehistoric Times until the end of the Roman Turkish Historical Society Press, Ankara 1970, pp. 206-222
  2. University of Hamburg, Miletus excavation.  https://www.miletgrabung.uni-hamburg.de/en/milet-tour/tour-kaletepe/theater.html 
  3. An Ancient Cave Sanctuary underneath the Theatre of Miletus, Beauty, Mutilation, and Burial of Ancient Sculpture in Late Antiquity, and the History of the Seaward Defences. Philipp Niewöhner, Sabine Huy.  https://www.academia.edu/32157555/An_Ancient_Cave_Sanctuary_underneath_the_Theatre_of_Miletus_Beauty_Mutilation_and_Burial_of_Ancient_Sculpture_in_Late_Antiquity_and_the_History_of_the_Seaward_Defences


Relevant museums

Pergamon Museum in Berlin

Houses original-sized, reconstructed monumental buildings such as the Market Gate of Miletus.


Nearby

Miletus

Bizantine castle.

Heroon of Miletus

Hellenistic temple and grave.

Theatre Harbour

Theatre Harbour


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