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Market

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


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

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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