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Jordan, Umm al-Jimal, Praetorium - Giordania, Umm al-Jimal, Praetorium - Jordan Umm al-Jimal Praetorium 5th-6th century Giordania Umm al-Jimal Praetorium V-VI secolo,

P3120726 - Jordan, Umm al-Jimal, Praetorium - Giordania, Umm al-Jimal, Praetorium

greece, tyrins, acropolis, the corridor in the eastern wall called "syringa" - greece, tyrins, acropolis, the corridor in the eastern wall called "syringae" 14-13rd century bce the building of the fortification of the hill began during the 14th century b.c. and was completed at the end of the 13rd century (late helladic IIIb period). the cyclopaean walls which surround the upper, middle and lower citadel, have a total perimeter of approximately 750 m and a width between 4,50 and 7 m. within the walls were planned the wall-painted palace, the remaining public spaces, the cyclopaean tunnels leading to the storehouses and the workshops. the town divided into blockhouses extended outside the walls and around the acropolis (about 750 acres). after the disintegration of the palatial system (about 1200 b.c.), the acropolis continued to be used mostly as a cult place. the site had become deserted when pausanias visited it during the 2d century a.d.

424353 - greece, tyrins, acropolis, the corridor in the eastern wall called "syringa"

theatre of dionysos, athens, greece - the theatre of dionysos from the acropolis. 330 b.c. and successive modifications. no trace has been preserved of the 5th-century theatre which must have been simple in form with a few rows of wooden and stone seats. the preserved ruins belong to the monumental theatre built by lycourgos. the permanent skene (stage) was then constructed, extending in the width of the orchestra. after its destruction by sulla in 86 b.c., the theatre and the skene were rebuilt. the old temple of dionysos sheltered the old, cult statue of dionysos eleuthereus. it was constructed in the 6th century b.c. , during the rule of tyrant peisistratos and his successors. the later temple of dionysos sheltered the chryselephantine statue of the god, a work of the sculptor alkamenes. the building cannot be dated earlier than the middle of the 4th century b.c. as is attested by the pottery found in its foundations in 1963.

421024 - theatre of dionysos, athens, greece