IN THE CLASSICAL WORLD, PLANNING AND AESTHETICS PRINCIPLES WERE CLEAR AND UNAMBIGUOUS. THE DORIC, IONIC AND CORINTHIAN ORDERS WERE ELABORATED BY THE CREEKS AND LATER, ADOPTED BY THE ROMANS, WITH SOME VARIATIONS. EASH ORDER BEARS ITS OWN RULES AND PARTICULAR ORNAMENTAL ELEMENTS. COLUMNS CAPITALS EXPRESS THESE DIFFERENT ORDERS.
CAESAREA ON THE MEDITERANEAN SEA
CAESAREA
THE BEAUTIFUL AND COOL MEDITERRANEAN SEA. I FOUND AWESOME SEASHELLS AND COOLED MY HOT FEET IN THE WATER. THE WATER WAS CLEAR AND A BEAUTIFUL BLUE/GREEN.
THE HIPPODROME AT CAESAREA WHERE THEY HELD CHARIOT RACES AND BROUGHT IN TIGERS, LIONS AND OTHER AGGRESSIVE CREATURES TO FIGHT WITH A HUMAN FOR ENTERTAINMENT.
THE BEATITUDES AND GALILEE. THERE WAS A VERY OLD CHRISTIAN SMALL CHURCH ON THE GROUNDS AND IT OVERLOOKED THE SEA OF GALILEE.
INFANT BABY OWL ON THE GROUNDS OF THE BEATITUDES.
THE RUINS OF ZIPPORI, AN ANCIENT ROMAN COLONY.
A SAMPLE OF DETAILED MOSAIC FLOORS IN EXCELLENT CONDITION.
AN INTACT ROMAN ROAD THAT WAS UNCOVERED IN ZIPPORI AND IS ALSO IN PRISTINE CONDITION.
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