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Thursday 16 August 2012

Patara - SW Turkey


as part of the family holiday we drove the hour or so to Patara  Here is its history, It was an ancient Lycian city and not a roman as I initially thought Lycians. Of course I hoped for a few species of bird while we visited but I conclude that the intense heat made birding nigh-on impossible and of the few species seen only Woodchat Shrike and White Stork stood out.

Amphitheatre at Patara

 it is hard to believe that this whole stadium was hidden under sand and not discovered until the 1980s, that must have been some dune!


Matty climbs to the top of the Amphitheatre



                 and takes his seat






this must have been one of the posh seats as it has a back rest although the gentry of the time may have had silk cushions.



I wonder what this says....


Patara Bouleuterion (Counsel head quarters)

This is a replica of the origianl building that is now on show at the site, it has been rebuilt using alot of the original stone that had been preserved underneath the sand, however new stone made to match has been used to fill in the gaps

an Inside view


and looking from the outside in




Where columns once stood


and then rebuilt from fragments




part of the ancient city


and of course the White Storks



 

1 comment:

northierthanthou said...

Must be very cool to sit in that old architecture like that.