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<< Our Photo Pages >> Apamea - Ancient Village or Settlement in Syria

Submitted by AlexHunger on Wednesday, 10 January 2007  Page Views: 5498

Multi-periodSite Name: Apamea
Country: Syria
NOTE: This site is 1.306 km away from the location you searched for.

Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Nearest Town: Aleppo  Nearest Village: Kalaat Moudik
Latitude: 35.429950N  Longitude: 36.401390E
Condition:
5Perfect
4Almost Perfect
3Reasonable but with some damage
2Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
0No data.
-1Completely destroyed
3 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
5 Access:
5Can be driven to, probably with disabled access
4Short walk on a footpath
3Requiring a bit more of a walk
2A long walk
1In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find
0No data.
4 Accuracy:
5co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates
4co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map
3co-ordinates scaled from a bad map
2co-ordinates of the nearest village
1co-ordinates of the nearest town
0no data
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Apamea
Apamea submitted by AlexHunger : City dating back to the Seleucid era with 2 Km long collonade, temples and agora. (Vote or comment on this photo)
Ancient Village or Settlement in Syria

Town founded by Alexander the Great's general, Seleucos Nicator, founder of the Seleucid Dynasty and named after the his Persian wife.
The town was later taken over by the Romans during which time it grew to its largest extent. It is estimated Apamea would have held about 500,000 inhabitants at its peak.
The straight 2 Km of Collonades, in various states of repair are the most visible feature. There are further remains of the town walls, Temples and Agoras, while the North, or Antioch, Gate is quite interesting.

The Syrian Cham Hotel chain is puting quite a bit of effort and money to restore the site and also has a small dinner at the southern end of the site.

262 Meters Altitude.

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Apamea
Apamea submitted by Jansold : Spiral fluted columns (Vote or comment on this photo)

Apamea
Apamea submitted by Jansold : Cardo Maximus, or colonnaded street. Site in Syria (Vote or comment on this photo)

Apamea
Apamea submitted by AlexHunger : City dating back to the Seleucid era with 2 Km long collonade, temples and agora. Here the Town Wall. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Apamea
Apamea submitted by AlexHunger : City dating back to the Seleucid era with 2 Km long collonade, temples and Forum. Here the Temple of Tycho. Note diagonaly flute columns. This is suposed to be unique. Every second column alternates the direction of the flow. This must have been a technical challenge. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Apamea
Apamea submitted by AlexHunger : City dating back to the Seleucid era with 2 Km long collonade, temples and agora. Remains of Temple of Bachus. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Apamea
Apamea submitted by AlexHunger : City dating back to the Seleucid era with 2 Km long collonade, temples and agora. Here part of the collonade, looking towards the Noth Gate.

Apamea
Apamea submitted by AlexHunger : City dating back to the Seleucid era with 2 Km long collonade, temples and agora.

Apamea
Apamea submitted by AlexHunger : City dating back to the Seleucid era with 2 Km long collonade, temples and agora. Remains of the Forum. It extends through the unexcavated mound for an other 100 meers or so.

Apamea
Apamea submitted by AlexHunger : City dating back to the Seleucid era with 2 Km long collonade, temples and agora.

Apamea
Apamea submitted by AlexHunger

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