three columns are still standing of the temple of Athena in Assos
huge tryglyph
the very old temple of Athena, Doric style
If the sky is clear you can see Lesbos, the Greek island, from here.
a strong wind on this height
the theatre, late 4th century.
with a very good view on the see. There was nobody here, we walked the hill up, by ourselves. It was very hot, but we didn't miss the other interesting places.
and so a nice place to take pictures.
good view from the hill
a Roman street with a lot of sarcophagi
the city wall with the gate
the Roman street
a pre-Ottoman mosque
on the door of a 14th century mosque there was this spolia with an inscription in Greek. see next picture
the text says: ναοῦ τὸ σαθρὸν κήρυκος Κορνηλίου εἰς κάλλος ἦρεν σὺν πόθο τε κὲ μόχθο αἰτῶν ἀμοιβὴν λύσιν πολλῶν σφαλμάτων ☩ Ἄνθιμος ὁ πρόεδρος Σκαμάνδρου πόθω· ναοῦ τὸ τερπνὸν τὴν θέαν, τὸ πο[ι]κίλ[ο]ν ὑπερφυῆ τε λαμπρότητα πᾶς βλέπων τούτου νεουργὸν Ἄνθιμον, λάτρι, νόει ☩ καὶ λύσιν ἐτοῦ {αἰτοῦ} πτεσμάτων {πταισμάτων} τῶν ἐν βίω.
9-10th century
yes a little touristic, so there were a lot of sellers, especially traditional cloths and hand-made things
most of the shops were runned by old people
view from the house of our host
Kucukkuyu is a very nice small village near the sea, famous for it's olives
we just had to cross the street, to swim in this blue sea. The only other tourist we met, was a Turkish guy from Germany. Funny to speak German always everywhere. In Hamadan (Iran) we met an Iranian who worked for a German company once. He was so happy to speak German after all those years. It's good to practise it a bit, because most of the time it's all English.
