Anatolian Civilizations and Historical Sites - TEDA

ANATOLIAN CIVILIZATIONS:10x19 antik kentler 8/1/11 10:52 AM Sayfa
the agora is a church. Recent excavations have shown that the Roman
baths located opposite the agora are very well preserved. A broad,
marble-praved double-colonnaded street measuring 300 m. in length
extends from the main gate to the acropolis. A water channel two
meters wide runs down the middle. There are shops on either side of
the street. Another street running east and west intersects this main
street and the remains of a monumental palaestra is to be found on its
western extension. Measuring 76 by 76 m. in size, this structure is in
a very good state of preservation. The building was dedicated by C.
Cortunus to the emperor Claudius (AD 41-54) At the western
extremity of the street adjacent to the city walls are the ruins of
baths.
These two main streets thus divide Perge into four quarters. In the
western section there is an episcopal basilica with a double nave. At
the north western end of the street at the skirts of the acropolis is
another nymphaion, a semicircular structure from the reign of
Hadrianus (AD 130-150).
A statue of a river god was located in the center of this huge fountain,
which measured 21 m. long and 37.5 m. wide and from which
numerous examples of sculpture have been recovered. The acropolis
of the city of Perge is located above the fountain.
227