Seaside Circus

ID: ICSPCMHP01

Seaside Circus

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.

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Keywords: Herod the Great, Harbor, Sea Shore Seashore, Seaside, Amphitheater, Hippodrome, Circus Circuses, Caesarea Maritima, Sharon Plain, Central, Israel, ICSPCMHP01