Aspendos

Aspendos, Antalya - Alanya highway is the most glorious return at the end of the road, but also functional aspects of the best designed and most complete examples of Roman theater is faced with. Structure, according to Greek tradition, the slope of a hill made of. Today, visitors to the building after a long walk in the door they built in front. In fact, the original entry, vaulted the two ends of the stage building paradoslardandır. And a large semicircular diasoma Caeva is divided into two. Above 21 below, there are 20 seats.

Without difficulty for the audience to settle down for ease of movement gradually spread to the stairs were made, the number of stairs in chapter 10, while the orchestra level, starting at the beginning of this number 21 above the upper diasoma is. Considered at a later date on the 59-arched galleries, top caeva 's extends from one end to the other end. Architectural perspective diasoma vaulted gallery top caeva 't have a supporting infrastructure. As the general rules of the protocol caeva 's on both sides of the entrance to the imperial family and the lodges themselves Roman goddess Vesta heart of' or holy virgin dedicated to the devoted. Starting from the orchestra upstairs, the first time for the senators, judges and ambassadors, and second row of the other notables of the city was divided. Other sections are open to all citizens. Women usually sit in the top row of the gallery below. Cavea 'sit at the top of the carved names of specific places here is also clear that some people had left. The theater's seating capacity, although it's impossible to determine precisely 10000-12000 seating capacity is said. Antalya Film and Art Festival held in recent years as part of the concert in the theater could be seen in the theater audience is 20,000.

Undoubtedly the most striking elements of the theater stage building. The two-storey stone masonry in the basement of this building, providing the output of artists on stage and has five doors. Port center, known as Regia on both sides of doors and two small doors are known as port hospitales. Small doors at orchestra level of the reserves where wild animals belong to the drop-down long corridors. The remaining parts, in wall niches and building a small structure in the form of small ornaments into the roof of the triangle and a semicircle (pediment) is placed under the sculptures can be understood.

Have the top floor of the center-column pediment'te god of wine, the founder and patron of the theater of Dionysos' flour has baking. Some parts can be seen in front of the stage building of white plaster on the red zigzag motifs, belong to Seljuk period. Scene at the top of the building is very ornate and covered with a wooden roof.

Aspendos' said Phoenix Theatre is famous for outstanding acoustics. Issued in the middle of the orchestra, even the smallest voice can be heard easily in the top of the gallery. Rich cultural heritage of Anatolia, the nobles who live in the middle of the city and around the monuments they have created stories about. One of those stories passed from generation to generation is related to the Aspendos Theater.