Roman Theatre of Aspendos [Aspendos]
type: Item
label: Romeins theater van Aspendos @nl
description: theatre building, Turkey
alternative label: Roman Theatre of Aspendos
Country: Turkey
time frame: Roman theatre era
Type of information: Performance venue
Field: architecture
Importance: Not rated
Wikidata source: Q16697381
context: Aspendus (modern Belkiz, Turkey). Cavea width: 95.48 m, ima cavea, 21 rows, 9 cuni; summa cavea 20 rows, 20 cuni; porticus at top; orchestra width: 23.87 m; capacity: 15,000; ca. 161-169 CE.
context: The Aspendos theater is the best preserved Roman theater, even the best preserved ancient theater in the whole world. The theater of Aspendos, built on two hills, leans on the eastern slope of the small hill.MS. 2nd century The ancient theater, which was built during the reign of Marcus Aurelius (161-180) and dedicated to the Gods and Emperors of the time, was unearthed by archaeological studies that began in the 19th century. Antalya/Turkey
Building date: 0161-01-01T00:00:00Z
Capacity: 7650
GPS: Point(31.1725 36.939)
GPS: Point(31.1722 36.9389)
Theatrum ID: 703
City: Aspendos
Internal image: TR_Aspendos_theatre.jpg
Wikidata instance: Q14752696
Wikidata instance: Q19757
opening date: 0161-01-01T00:00:00Z
Carthalia ID: 693
Note: Ancient Roman theatre, built during the reign of emperor Marcus Aurelius, ca. 170 BC. Ca. 6600 seats.