Perge turned out to be impressive enough. All the archeological sites we have visited on this trip seemed luxurious, each in their own way. Perga has a canal running down in the middle of the colondaded Cardo, and fountains of various sizes all over the place. The Perge theater has well preserved lower panels of stage wall in bas-relief. Since they are at eye level, it is particularly easy to admire them.
Riding the local tram to Ancient Perge. Nice!
We spent about an hour inside the 2000 year old theatre admiring the stage house reliefs, and wandering around the upper cheap seats.
The view from the cheap seats!
The stadium is almost adjacent to the Theatre.
Hadrian's Arch was a Roman addition to the twin Hellenistic Towers behind. The towers are under repair. Second below is a side view of the left tower.
The triple-porticoed Agora.
The collonaded Cardo Maximus with its center, now dry, 2-meter-wide decorative canal.
This Cardo Maximus is stupendous, 22 meters wide. In addition to the center canal, there are wide pedestrian sidewalks on boths sides to front the shops. Not to mention a wide track for horse carts on each side of the canal. Wow!
At the north end of the Cardo is a fountain with a statue of the river god Kestros.
Great views from a point above the fountain. The second below more clearly shows the Decumanus (east-west crossing street); and at back right, the Stadium and Theatre.
The Decumanus has its own small canal (left) and porticoed walkway and fountain, and ends at the Western Gate.
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Wow- this is very impressive!
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