Apamea X. The Ruler’s Palace — Egisto Sani

The tympanum of the Ruler’s Palace is inserted in the East colonnade. The main public buildings were near the “cardo maximus”. Beside roman remains we can find Christian, Arab and Ottoman monuments: mosques, churches, houses etc. The most important Roman remains are the baths, the theatre, the agora, the walls, a memorial column, private houses and obviously the colonnade main street. The columns are still in evidence. The city was destroyed by several earthquakes; notable restoration works had been carried out in the recent past (1930).