We first went to the theater. Only the seating remains. The stage and back no longer exist. Bob gave his talk about events that happened at Caesarea while we were seated there.
Next stop was the palace - well the ruins of the palace.
The palace had a swimming pool. Following is a picture of what remains of it. It wasn't filled with sea water. They piped in fresh water from 10 miles away.
This is a picture of the aquaduct used to pipe in the water to the palace.
There was a hippodrome close by which was used for chariot races in roman times. Later the byzantines built other buildings on it. Below is a floor from one of those buildings.
The next picture is the ruins of a bathhouse that was added to the hippodrome.
one of the support arches After the byzantines came the crusaders. Here is one of their fortresses.
The fortress had a moat around it.
We have spent the last two days in Galilee. We are staying next to the Sea of Galilee in a Kibutz, but will be leaving tomorrow.
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