THE MONUMENTS OF THE CITY

THE ROMAN NYMPHAEUM

The nymphaeum, the sacred place devoted to the nymphs, the daughters of Poseidon, sheltered a great cluster of constructions related to the irrigation of the city. Three big units, a rectangular arched chamber for meetings, the small atrium and the cluster of cisterns with the fountains, constituted the nucleus of this huge building, which besides all the above, comprised also two big cluster of baths. It was constructed in the 1st century A.D. and was destroyed in the 7th century in the period of the Arab raids.

 

Four chronological phases were detected by the excavators, which date from 15-100 A.D., 100-250 A.D., 250-370 A.D. to 400-650 A.D.

 


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