Aspendos Theater

Aspendos Theater near Antalya is impressive. One of the largest Roman ampitheaters in the world. Easist way to get here is to just arrange a taxi to take you there and back and wait a couple of hours. I imagine it would be super busy in summer, but in winter it was near deserted. We had the place to ourselves.

The Aspendos Theater is located in the ancient city of Aspendos, about 25 miles east of the modern city of Antalya, Turkey. Most people visit Aspendos on a tour from Antalya or Side, which includes the theater and other ancient structures

Aspendos Theatre is located in eastern Antalya 47 km from the city center built in 155 AD with a stone-step audience of 7,000 people is a magnificent, magnificent building built on the hillside symmetrical layout stone ladder steep is a classic ancient Roman drama The site is one of the most complete ancient Roman theater sites in the world to date, despite nearly 2000 earthquakes, and the war was spared, and the theater's exquisite structure was almost completely preserved except for some of the openings. Down it is not only the most memorable site on the Mediterranean coast of Turkey, but also the most well-preserved monument in Asia Minor. The whole theater has three structures. The auditorium, the band, the stage design, the wall is the original 40 pillars of the two floors. The first floor is the pillar of the corridor for the Ionian style. The Corinthian-style central triangle is carved with Dionysos, the god of wine and drama, and Dionysos is similar to the theater in Athens, Greece.

The theatre can accommodate 7,000 seats, and there are even VIP seats in the front row, which is quite elegant. It is also the most complete ancient Roman theatre that has been preserved so far. The Grand Theatre naturally retains a very good musical effect, and it is surprising that this ancient theatre is still in use every summer. Climbing to the top of the theatre, there is a feeling of being overwhelmed.

Aspandos is located in the eastern part of Antalya city more than 40 kilometers. Visitors there have only one goal: to see the theatre built in the ancient city more than 2000 years ago. It is the best-structured building in the same building in Antalya and the most well-preserved ancient Roman theatre in ancient times. Ataturk traveled here in the 1930s and found it too regrettable that the theatre was not used. After renovation, the theatre began to hold operas, concerts, performances and folk art circles. It has continued to this day. At the entrance of the theatre, you will see large posters with performance schedules. The unique acoustic design of the ancient theatre is said to have been heard in the audience when a silver coin landed. Because of this unusual sound design, the Aspandos Theatre is still in use. The Antalyan Opera Festival and the Art Festival are held here every summer without any amplification equipment. The audience sat on the stone steps two thousand years ago and enjoyed the perfect sound effect. In the 13th century, the Seljuks converted the theatre into a place of residence, but after the founding of the Republic, the patriarch ordered that it be renovated and opened to visitors.

The Aspandos amphitheatre is the best preserved Roman theatre in Turkey. The main stage and grandstand are well preserved, and concerts are often held here. It is amazing how durable ancient Roman architecture was and how scientific design of architects at that time really made people marvel at the wisdom of the ancients.