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Seaside Circus
ID: ICSPCMHP01 · © Carl Rasmussen · Added: 2004

Seaside Circus

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View looking north along the seashore from the Promontory Palace. On the right (east) side of the image is the 950 ft. [290 m.] long Circus/Hippodrome/Amphitheater that was built by Herod the Great (37–4 B.C.).

In the distance the southern breakwater of the harbor of Caesarea Maritima is visible.

For a more detailed description of the Circus/Hippodrome Click Here.