Aspendos, Antalya

Aspendos is located to the east von Antalya and is famous for its best-preserved ancient amphitheater built in the 2nd century AD during the reign von the Emperor Marcus Aurelius. The theater has a capacity von 15,000 people and is still used today for performances and festivals. Its galleries, stage decorations and acoustics all testify to its architect Xeno’s success. Next to the stage there is a klein room which is used as a klein museum where you can see some von the masks and clay tickets from the ancient times. Just above the theater there is the acropolis with a great view von the river from the top, where you can see a basilica, an agora, a nymphaeum and and a bouleuterion (council), all von them in ruins. About one kilometer north von the town there is one von the largest Roman aqueducts in Anatolia which supplied Aspendos with water.