Great Colonnade at Apamea
The Great Colonnade at Apamea was the main colonnaded avenue of the ancient city of Apamea in the Orontes River valley in northwestern Syria. It was built in the second century CE after Apamea's devastation in the 115 earthquake. The avenue, which runs for nearly 2 kilometres (1.2 mi), made up the city's north-south axis, or the cardo maximus. The monumental colonnade is among the longest and most famous in the Roman world.
View of the colonnade
Details of the capitals of the colonnade's columns
Columns decorated with the distinctive spiral-flutes
Overview of the colonnade.
Apamea, on the right bank of the Orontes River, was an ancient Greek and Roman city. It was the capital of Apamene under the Macedonians, became the capital and Metropolitan Archbishopric of late Roman province Syria Secunda, again in the crusader period.
View of Apamea ruins
Houses and shops along the Colonnade street, Apamea in 2002
Colonnade street, detail, Apamea
Facade (portico).