Side Then

Side is not particularly well preserved, except the amphitheatre, but all the fragments laying around, everywhere, give a pretty good indication of the lay-out and extent of the place, which was situated on a little peninsula jutting out into the Mediterranean.

Its two main streets were double-collonaded, the colonnades

roofed to provide stoa, that is, covered arcades in which

there were scores of shops...

The agora (marketplace), now looking like another spare

parts yard; I surmise the standing columns are all renovated

Ditto; the Turks seem to resurrect just enough to give you

a proper glimpse



The baths



Vicki at the Temples of Apollo and Athena



Temple of Apollo (reconstruction)



Tumbled-down Temple of Apollo (earthquakes are not good

for temples or other buildings)

Back at the theatre: those upper 29 rows

rested on very heavy-duty vaulting, as here

Entrance to the old town, a tight squeeze for

vehicles like ours

Colonnades again

The Nymphaneum (fountain) just outside the big gate