EGETÜRKİYE

Two-story marble-columned ancient library facade and theater seats on canyon slopes.
Ancient Roman Library and 12,000-Seat Theater at Nysa ad Maeandrum, Sultanhisar

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Hellenistic eraTable and production

From the Canyon Library of Nysa to Mastaura Amphitheater and Arpaz Castle

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Place, time and memory in one narrative.

Linking Nysa's canyon library where Strabo studied with Mastaura's round Roman amphitheater and the Ottoman Arpaz Castle, the Maeander valley forged a pinnacle of ancient science, theater, and architecture.

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Long-form story · Table and production · Culture and memory · A link to today · deniz-doga

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Periods

  • Hellenistic era
  • Roman era
  • Ottoman era
  • The Aegean today

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