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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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