Places To Visit in Aspendos:

• City walls and gates
• Agora
• Basilica
• The additional section of Basilica, where public works were performed
• Shopping Centre
• Bouleuterion
• Nymphaion
• Exedra
• Aqueduct
• Baths and gymnasium
• Theatre
• Stadium
• Necropolis

Aspendos is known for having the best-preserved theater of antiquity. With diameter of 96 meters (315 ft), the theater provided seating for 7,000.

In order to keep with Hellenistic traditions, a small part of the theater was built so that it leaned against the hill where the Citadel (Acropolis) stood, while the remainder was built on vaulted arches. The high stage served to seemingly isolate the audience from the rest of the world. The scaenae frons or backdrop, has remained intact. The 8.1 meter (27 ft) sloping reflective wooden ceiling over the stage has been lost over time. Post holes for 58 masts are found in the upper level of the theater. These masts supported a valerium or awning that could be pulled over the audience to provide shade.

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