Frontinus Street, Hierapolis, Turkey by brewgirlca
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Needs a full size peek to do it justice. Thank you for looking. This is one of my favorite shots of Hierapolis as it really captures the overall feel and color of walking through the ruined city itself.
This is the view along Frontinus Street in Hierapolis looking towards the Byzantine Gate. This gate was built in middle of the 3rd century C.E. and so is about 300 years younger than the nearby Domitian's Gate. When we so rapidly tear down our cities as we rebuild them I was struck by these two nearby gates being separated in age by some 300 years. You can see that the Byzantine Gate was built as part of a defensive wall, unlike Domitian's gate which was retrofitted with a wall.
This street was originally about 15 meters wide when it was first built by the Romans along with the Domitian Gate. The tall columns are the remains of temples, shops and public fountains. You can see why the alternate name for this street was The Monumental Way. The lower inner rows of rocks are not just rubble but rather the remains of a second wave of building, by the Byzantines. These were mostly shops and market stalls. The street then became as narrow as eight meters.
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Comments (27)
Faemike55
Very cool capture and great bit of history lesson thanks very much, Roxy
MineFujiko
Beautiful photo and lesson of history! Roxy-sensei Thank you!
3dpoetry
Excellent Capture
mgtcs
Fantastic shot Roxy, marvelous and magic place my friend, congratulations!
barryjeffer
Beautiful... a fantastic shot
renecyberdoc
and very impressive and smells tons of history.
vitachick
Amazing that after all these years anything is left standing. Great capture and once again wonderful history lesson..
tamburro
Great capture Roxy!!! Hugs:)
nitegrafix
This is an incredible shot! LOVE IT!
twelvemark21
Wonderfully captured!
odile
Excellent! Thanks for the tour! This is a great shot. The pavement stones are so impressive.
wotan Online Now!
Beautiful shot and place my frienf... I would like to visit it, who knows!
magnus073
This really is an amazing pic, you captured this place do well Roxie
eekdog Online Now!
wonderful shot Roxy.. love the ruins here.
Dreamdesigner
Magnificent shot Roxy!Really there's an unbelievable and fantastic history at there!Thanks for the historical info and Special thanks to you for sharing these wonders with us:-)))))
X-PaX
Very nice capture. Well done.
drifterlee
Fascinating ruins!
jayfar
Wonderful, I hope they won't pull this down!
West_coaster07
Beautiful capture!!
vaggabondd
This is a beautiful capture my friend
adorety
Excellent shot. It does give a great sense of being there from this perspective. It's quite amazing how old sophisticated plumbing goes back. Fountians and baths, and more I imagine. Great shot of a historical timeline.
SidheRoseGraphics
This is a fabulous shot Roxy. It really does take you there - across space and time. They are evidently in the process of doing research to construct a 3D model of Hierapolis - not sure who exactly, but here is a link for you: http://spiedigitallibrary.org/proceedings/resource/2/psisdg/7110/1/711004_1?isAuthorized=no
0rest4wicked
A grand view at street level to give it presence! Would love to wonder in such a place!
RodS
I can only imagine what it must feel like to walk along this street with so much history all around you - it must be almost overwhelming.. Gorgeous photo, Roxy! Thank you for taking us along on your travels!
ia-du-lin
great scene, wonderful ruins photo
Blush
Perfection of a capture Love it Hugs Susan~
nikolais
very lovely capture!