Thursday, April 30, 2020

Theatre of Termessos, Pisidia (Turkey)



Roman theatre built in the 2nd century CE. Annia Aurelia Faustina, a grandniece of Marcus Aurelius and a short-term empress (221 CE)  had a large estate in Pisidia.   

One wonders what was the last legitimate performance here, and what the crowd was like.  Since that night, the slow decay, but still, much grace and beauty remains.

4 comments:

  1. A lot of effort went into building that theatre.

    Thanks for the post.
    Paul L. Quandt

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  2. The last performance was pitiful, only had 53 people as paying customers 23 of which walked out before the end, owners went bankrupt.

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