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Ain Tounga

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Market

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Perhaps the nicest part of Ain Tounga is the old market, which may also have contained some dwellings. The best here are the remains of the old infrastructure, with deep, deep well holes, and passage to underground rooms.
In front of it all stands a pitiful arch, by some described as a triumphal arch. About half the way in is a temple or church where the most fascinating part are two footprints of a child 4-5 years old.

Capitol of needles

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The temple on top of the market creates a strange silhuette, with its 5 needles, or rather the carrying parts of the original walls of the temple. This calls for some attention, the rest of the walls must have been made by small stones, possibly the same as the ones of the outer wall of the theatre.
Also, take a look at the bits and pieces in front of the temple. A few columns (like the one on the lower photo) predates Roman times, and are impressingly large and well-crafted.

Baths

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It looks like a church, with its columned basilica and apses at either end. But it is a bath, something that the heating system in the ground really reveals. According to the natives, the southern part was at Byzantine times transformed into an olive press.



 
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