Priene. What does one say about this Greek ruin? Well... it's really a lot of ruin! If you have been to one you will understand. There are enormous bits of antiquity lying all over the place in a haphazard manner. All you can do is look in awe upon them, drink it all in with your eyes and then try to imagine what it may have looked like in its glory days.
Once upon a time, this city was also a port, just like Ephesus and just like that famed city this one is now so far away the sea that it is difficult to comprehend the fact. The city is set high up on a mountain and the view of the flat plains below is magnificent. I felt like I was in a picture-book of ruins.
Once upon a time, this city was also a port, just like Ephesus and just like that famed city this one is now so far away the sea that it is difficult to comprehend the fact. The city is set high up on a mountain and the view of the flat plains below is magnificent. I felt like I was in a picture-book of ruins.
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| Climb, climb, climb... all the way to the mountain top |
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| At the top, the escarpment of Mycale draws your gaze first |
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| Tear your eyes away slowly and feast upon the valley below |
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| Feast some more |
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| The Temple of Athena |
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| Ruins |
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| Look at the view again! |
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| Ruins |
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| Prickly flower-like plants at the edge |
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| Pretty bit of ruin |
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| Super prickly flower |
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| I told you there were lots of ruin lying all over the place |
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| And so you have some more ruin |
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| And more for good measure |
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| Breaking away from the ruins to look at a pine cone |
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| The Theatre and its magnificent stone seats |
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| Where does this path lead? |
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| I wonder what building these arches adorned? |
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| Ah the fertile land below... |
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| Lonesome half-arch |
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| There was a pomegranate tree somewhere around here |
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| Bye-bye Priene... for now |
