Aspendos Theatre

Aspendos Theatre
Volker Höhfeld · CC BY-SA 4.0

Roman theatre built in 155 AD by architect Zenon, son of Theodorus, during the reign of Marcus Aurelius. The best-preserved ancient theatre in the world, it seats 7,000-8,500 spectators across 40 rows within a 96-metre diameter cavea. Its two-storey scaenae frons remains intact. The Seljuk Sultanate restored it in the 13th century for use as a caravanserai, ensuring its remarkable survival.

TypeMegalithic stones
Period1 - 500 AD
CountryTürkiye
Coordinates36.9390° N, 31.1730° E

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