Anatolian Civilizations and Historical Sites - TEDA

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Plan of Patara. (Prof. Dr. Fahri Ifl›k)
1.Tepecik Necropolis 2.Necropolis 3.Arch 4.Harbor Bath 5.Stadiasmus
Patarensis 6.Basilica 7.Korinth Temple 8.Church 9.Vespasianus Bath
10.Bouleuterion 11.Theater 12.Cistern 13.Monumental tomb 14.Antique
harbor 15.Granarium 16. Pseudoperipteral temple-tomb 17.Light house
18.Harbor basilica 19.Cape sanctuary 20.Agora 21.Marciana tomb
22.Main street
In antis plan temple once had plenty of architectural ornamentation. The
theater, which is set into a slope, is unfortunately half-buried in sand.
Nevertheless, an archaeological team from Akdeniz University in ‹zmir is
continuing its excavation studies and just like other sites around Patara,
sand has been removed from the theater. An inscription on the eastern side
of the skene indicates that it was built by Velia Proila and her father
Quintus Velio Titionus in 147 AD Constructed during the Hellenistic
Period, this 5,000 seat theater was comprised of 34 rows of seating, 20 in
the lower tier and 14 in the upper tier. The lower tier is divided by eight
sets of steps whereas the upper tier is divided by 14 sets of steps. The
three-storey skene building was 41.5 m. long and 6.5 m. wide. Located
north of the theater is what was known as Anatolia’s largest administration
building called the ecclestrium, which measures 43x29 m. The main
entrances of this 1,400 seat assembly building were located on its southern
and northern sides. With a height of 17 m., there was once a marble-paved
orchestra pit and a skene in the center of this structure, indicating that it