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(Hürriyet Newspaper, 10 October 2021)
One of the latest additions to historic tourism in Turkey is the coliseum
discovered at Mastaura Antique City in Aydın's Nazilli district. Experts
say that this coliseum is an architectural twin of the Coliseum in Rome -
100-meter diameter and 30-meters high, atop 32 vaults.
By next Spring, all of the lines of the structure will be exposed. The
Nazilli municipality, the provincial tourism directorate, and Adnan
Menderes University have begun efforts to make this discovery available
to the public. The experts noted that this coliseum is unique not only in
the region, but in the rest of Anatolia and Greece, as well.
The coliseum was the scene of gladiator games during the time of the
East Roman, or Byzantine, Empire, and gladiators came from all parts
of the empire to compete here. While the Coliseum in Rome had a
capacity of 50,000 spectators, the one at Mastaura's capacity has been
estimated to have been able to hold 20,000 people.
Nazilli Mayor Kürşat Engin Özcan stated that "the one remaining arena
left standing in the world is here. When we offer it for tourism we will
be adding yet another of our area's cultural richness to the world."
Archeologists say that since this coliseum has been covered completely
by soil it has remained intact.
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