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Surroundings:

Kibyra Odeon.OdeonMedusa mosaic of KibyraKibyra NymphaeumNymphaeumKibyra Columned Street.Kibyra, FurnaceThermae of CibyraKibyra- Cibyra, ThermaeRoman BridgeKibyra Stadium.Kibyra StadiumKibyra, MartyriumEastern Necropolis of KibyraKibyra south necropolis.

Location:

  • Türkiye, Gölhisar
  • geo:37.160664,29.488817
  • Location ± 0-5 m.

Period or year:

  • -2xx~ / unknown

Class:

  • Theatre or amphitheatre
  • visible

Identifiers:

  • vici:place=17391

Annotations

The theatre of Kibyra built on a natural slopewith a capacity of around 9000 people dates to the Hellenistic period.

See:

  1. Frank Sear. Roman Theatres An Architectural Study By Hamida Sur p. 331   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 
  3. Bieber, Margarete. Teatri Classici in Asia Minore. 1: Cibyra, Selge,-Hierapolisby Daria de Bernardi Ferrero. Gnomon, vol. 41, no. 5, 1969, pp. 521–23. JSTOR,   https://www.jstor.org/stable/27684795
  4. George E. Bean, Lycian Turkey: An Archaeological Guide, London John Murray Publishers Ltd 1989, p.161-164 
  5. The Ancient Theatre Archive. Whitman College, USA.   https://ancienttheatrescom.wpcomstaging.com/theatre/cibyra-maior-kibyra-theatre-turkey/ 

Nearby

Kibyra Odeon

Odeon - Bouleuterion.

Kibyra- Cibyra

Small therme. Roman Imperial Period

Kibyra- Cibyra

Ancient cemetery


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