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The Great Colonnade at Apamea was the main colonnaded avenue of the ancient city of Apamea in the Orontes River valley in northwestern Syria.Originally a seleucid colonnade, it was rebuilt in the second century CE after Apamea's devastation in the 115 earthquake.
The Great Colonnade at Apamea. The Great Colonnade was situated along the main avenue of Apamea and ran for nearly 2 kilometres (1.2 mi), making it among the longest in the Roman world. It was rebuilt after the original, dating from the Seleucid Empire, was devastated along with the rest of Apamea in the 115 AD earthquake.
The monumental colonnade is among the longest and most famous in the Roman world. Apamea, ancient Greek and Roman city, Syria. Русский: Самая длинная и самая известная монументальная колоннада Римской империи.
World Heritage Sites ; Site Image Location (governorate) Year listed UNESCO data Description Ancient City of Aleppo †: Aleppo: 1986 Cultural: (iii)(iv) Situated at the crossroads of several trade routes, Aleppo has been successively ruled, among others, by the Romans, Ayyubids, Mameluks and Ottomans, each leaving significant influence in its architectural fabric, resulting in a diverse ...
Pages in category "Apamea, Syria" The following 20 pages are in this category, out of 20 total. ... Great Colonnade at Apamea; I. Iamblichus; J. John of Apamea;
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The middle colonnade, stretching from east to west, was constructed to connect the two earlier colonnades. Work on the central avenue began from the Monumental Arch, where it met the eastern colonnade, sometime in the early third-century CE. The section stretched until the Great Tetrapylon where it met the western colonnade in an oval plaza.
Apamea or Apameia (Greek: Απάμεια) was an ancient city – and possibly two ancient cities lying close together – of Mesopotamia mentioned by Stephanus of Byzantium and Pliny as situated near the Tigris near the confluence of the Euphrates, the precise location of which is still uncertain, [1] but it lies in modern-day Iraq.