Shops Lower Level

View of the interior of some of the shops located in the agora of Alexandria Troas that is situated west of the Forum.

This was the lower level of a two-story structure and is called a cryptoporticus.  In the center note the well-carved door jams and lintel and on the left the brick arch work as well as the carved corner stones.

Cryptoporticuses have been found at Smyrna and Thessalonica.