Title

Upper Colonnade Street, Palmyra, Syria.

Caption

Upper Colonnade Street, Palmyra, Syria. Situated in an oasis in the Syrian desert halfway between the Mediterranean and the Euphrates, Palmyra grew up as an important caravan town on the old Silk Road. The site has extensive ruins dating from Roman times. This colonnade is on what was the main east to west thoroughfare of the city, the Decumanus, which was once lined by around 1500 Corinthian columns.

Date

1996

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/Vivienne Sharp

Reference

HRM19D71_265

Model release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

50,3Mb (2,2Mb) / 11,5in x 16,9in / 3464 x 5078 (300dpi)

Keywords

city road Italy building buildings architecture street country desert Rome geography color colour lane avenue ruins archaeology column pillar pillars Roman colonnade location Syria archaeological site Palmyra archeology syrian tadmur Silk Road Silk Route Ancient city VIVIENNE SHARP ancient site geographical feature TGN decumanus photograph Hims Vivienne Sharp Sharp Vivienne VS VSP photograph