Axeman's Travelfeed #020 - Caesarea Maritima Part #02 - Behind The Photo Contest Entry (24 Photos)
Here we go with the entry for the next, 7th edition of "Behind the Photo Contest" run by @nelyp which you can find HERE
Second part of visual journey through Caesarea Maritima and just to refresh in memory main historical points out there...
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Ancient City of Caesarea Maritima, also knows as Caesarea Palestinae, which is located at the coast of Mediterranean not far to the North from Tel-Aviv, Israel
That was out first trip to Israel back to Februaty, 2015 and that was actually last day of a holidays, when we still had plenty of time before evening flight back home
The history of the City comes back to the the times of Herod the Great and was built during 22-10 BCE. The site itself was awarded to Herod the Great by Rome and was renamed initial pagan city name to Caesarea in honor of Roman emperor Caesar Augustus. Along with most usual attributes of a Roman city like amphitheater, temples, wide roads, baths and markets, the most important part of course appeared to be a deep-sea harbor Sebastos, which at its height was one of the most impressive harbors of its time.
Later in 6CE, Caesarea Maritima replace Jerusalem as civilian and military capital even and became official residence of Roman Empire governors. While during the Byzantine period it became the capital of the Palaestina Prima province. It was finally lost to the Muslim conquest in year 640 and the history of passing over to Crusaders and back continues for centuries until final lost to Mamluk in 1265 when city was completely destroyed in order to prevent its re-emergence as a Crusaders stronghold
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Just to remind that basically quite a standard zoom lens was used this time, which is 24-70mm on a Full Frame. Not too big focal difference, but still quite allows to get pretty decent wide angle shots and quite standard to human eye on a 70mm. And lets start the story from something unusual for this place - a couple of modern statues, which still look pretty amazing in all this ancient environment
Further way goes through some ruins of the building with nice Roman architectural elements. Some sea view over there and some interesting sighs describing buildings and items around.
And the story to finish of course at one of the biggest structures in any Roman ancient city - The Amphitheater. Always interesting to shoot those curved leading lines from different perspectives and to fee the Dust of Centuries of course too :)
That's all for today and still part 3 to follow. Hope you liked this visual story and see you all next time
| Category | TRAVEL/CITYSCAPE |
| Camera | Canon 6D / Canon 24-70mm f/2.8L |
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VERY cool Travel photos!
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