Present-day ruins in the city centre. 9) Harbour stoa. A marble-paved quay, built in Roman times, curved around three sides of the harbour, and on the south side stretched the 160 m long Doric harbour stoa, built in Hellenistic times. 64 columns stood along the front of the stoa and inside there were thirty shops. 10) Delphinion. The chief religious centre, where Apollo had been worshipped since Archaic times. The present foundations are of a building erected in the Hellenistic era and altered in Roman times; the ruins found inside the courtyard, however, date from various periods. 12) Small marketplace surrounded by shops. Erected in Classical times and enlarged in the Hellenistic and Roman periods. 13) North agora, built in Classical times; enlarged in the Hellenistic and Roman periods. 17) Gymnasium. 2nd century BC. This consisted of a propylon and a palaestra with five rooms for study, and resembled the lower gymnasium of Priene in plan and in the distribution of the rooms. 20) Bouleuterion (senate house). Erected at some time between 175 and 164 BC, this building consisted of a propylon, a colonnaded courtyard and a roofed auditorium for 1500. 24) South agora. A huge courtyard of 164 x 196 m, erected in the Hellenistic period and altered in Roman times. 25) Storage building (163.40 m long by 13.40 m wide). A Hellenistic structure, probably dating from the 2nd century BC.
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