Roman theatre, Tlos, Antalya, Turkey

Roman Theatre with 34 rows of seats supported by underground vaults, in Tlos, a Lycian city in the Xanthos valley, Antalya, Turkey. The theatre took 150 years to build and was funded by donations from private citizens. Tlos was a major Lycian city from the 5th century BC, joining the Lycian Federation in the 2nd century BC. It was settled by the Greeks, Romans, Byzantines and finally the Ottoman Turks. Tlos has an agora, rock tombs and sarcophagi, a stadium, an acropolis, public bath, church and theatre, as well as the Ottoman residence of Ali Agha, governor of the region during the 19th century. Picture by Manuel Cohen

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