THE GATE OF HADRIANUS (Three Gateways)

It is a marble arched entrance with three passages built in honour of Emperor Hadrianus’s visit to the City. (130 A.C.) Its arches have been decorated with pictures of fruits grown locally. It is a conjecture that the statue of Hadrianus once stood on the Arch. Small towers on each side belong to the Roman period, the room over the tower at right belongs to the Seljuk Period. Two pillars are original.


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