ASPENDOS

The city of Aspendos is situated on the old Eurymedon. Built up by the pilgrims from Argos, the city is known everywhere throughout the world for the alluring Roman Theater, that is still fit as a fiddle. In the fifth century B.C. , Side and Aspendos were the main urban communities that were given the privilege to mint silver coins. The city dividers were implicit the Hellenistic Age and experienced broad remodels in the Roman and Byzantine circumstances. 

The old city ought to be seen in two noteworthy parts; the Acropolis and the Lower City. The Agora, Bouleterion, Basilica and the amazing wellspring in the upper piece of the town and the Theater building, Stadium, Roman Bath and the Aquaduct in the lower segment are positively worth seeing. Aspendos Theater; With a seating limit of 15000, the Theater was worked by the acclaimed draftsman Zenon in the rule of ruler Marcus Aurelius. It is the best protected theater working of the antiquated circumstances. As in the Hellenistic approach, a little area of the assembly hall inclines toward the slope by the Acropolis. Whatever remains of the building remains over a vaulted substructure. 

The tall stage building disconnected the crowd from whatever remains of the world. The extremely beat area of the structure was halfway revamped and the acousticwere improved with later increases. The stage building was utilized as a caravanserai in the Seldjuk times and the structure was continually redesigned and kept up fit as a fiddle. Thus, the theater has made due to our day without losing none of the indispensable elements.