The Gymnasium with its colonnaded palaestra was built over the ruins of an ealier Hellenistic gymnasium in the 2nd century AD during Trajan and Hadrian's reign after Salamis had been greatly damaged in 116 AD during Jewish revolt.
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Location:
- Cyprus, Famagusta
- geo:35.186386,33.902699
- Location ± 0-5 m.
Period or year:
- -300~ / unknown
Class:
- Building (other)
- visible
Identifiers:
- vici:place=23552
Annotations
Relevant museums
Cyprus Museum in Nicosia
Lefkosia. Archeological museum
Berlin, Neues Museum
Berlin, Neues Museum
Stockholm, Medelhavsmuseet
Museum of Mediterranean and Near Eastern Antiquities
Paris, Louvre
Paris, Louvre
Nearby
Salamis [Cyprus]
Aqueduct of Salamis
Salamis, Thermae
Bath at Salamis.
Amphitheatre Salamis
Amphitheatre Salamis