Amphitheatres

Kas-Turkey

Panakkakle, hieropolis - Turkey

Ephesus - Turkey

Colosseum, Rome

All across Europe we have seen many different Amphitheaters, all of different sizes in different places. One of the more famous ones that you might know is the Colosseum, which we visited in Rome. 

Amphitheaters were used for performances of many types. Some for singing and dancing while others would host gruesome gladiator battles. The Amphitheaters are shaped like a bowl to increase the volume of the speaker as, of course, microphones were yet to be invented. 

Before performances people would make offerings to Bacchus and Dionysus, the Roman and Greek god of festivities and shows. People did this to be promised a good show. 

Amphitheaters are amazing and it is really great to see how they have survived and are still partly intact after all these years. I am so glad to have seen so many.