---Location:
Near modern Pamukkale, Turkey
Theatre Type:
Greco-RomanTheatre
Date of Construction:
2nd century AD (Roman)
Architect:
Unknown
Renovation Dates:
193-211 AD, 337-361 AD (Roman)
Archive Locations:
- Hierapolis Museum, Pamukkale,Turkey
Excavations:
German excavations (Carl Humann) late 1800s, Italian excavations (Paolo Verzone) 1957, (Dr. Daria de Bernardi Ferrero) - 2001 - present
Dimensions:
- Dimensions of Theatre:
- Theatron: 103w X 72 meters - 338w X 236 feet
- Orchestra: 21w X 14.5 meters - 69w X 47.5 feet
- Stage: 40w X 9 meters - 131w X 29.5 feet
- (approximate measurements based on plan view)
Seating Capacity:
15,000
Architectural Drawings:
- The ancient city of Hierapolis is located on a 200 meter high terrace of limestone deposits amid a wonderland of mineral water pools and petrified limestone waterfalls. The ancient city overlooks the modern town of Pamukkale in Turkey's Inner Aegean region. Founded as a thermal spa in 190 BC by Eumenes II, the King of Pergamon, the city was most likely named for Hiero, the wife of the legendary founder of the Pergamene dynasty. More....
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