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    September 17, 2024

    The Side Theater was built in the 2nd century AD. It could seat approximately 15,000 people. Initially, it was probably only used for plays, but later it was used for animal fights. What's special about this theater is that, unlike other theaters, the seating is not built into a surrounding slope, but rather is suspended freely on high vaulted ceilings.

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      August 11, 2025

      The formerly classical Greek theater was expanded by the Romans with additional tiers of spectators (cavea) in a 180° arc, slightly larger than a semicircle, and provided with a circular stage (orchestra) for performances.
      The site had already been chosen by the Greeks to take advantage of the natural gradient of a local hillside, which was often rewarded with a wonderful view of the landscape.
      During the heyday of Greek tragedies and comedies (5th century BC), a raised stage (scenae) was initially built, initially made of wood, which was later replaced by stone in the Hellenistic era.
      The Romans preferred to completely enclose the theater with an additional inner wall, which was also built behind the stage, but which retained the Greek form of the tiers. The side entrances (parodos) were never roofed in the Greek era; the Romans combined the entire structure into a large building complex with covered entrances. If there were no natural slopes for the cavea, they were built on an artificial elevation, e.g., in the form of archways. The rows of benches were usually separated by a horizontal corridor (diazoma).
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      alaturka.info/de/tuerkei/tuerkische-riviera/side-manavgat/355-theater-von-side

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        April 20, 2025

        Amazing building, can be visited for a few TL. Unfortunately, this year you couldn't get in, there were also many structural restorations, which are probably unavoidable, but unfortunately give the historical idyll a small minus point

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