#smyrna — Public Fediverse posts
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Homestead Gardens to close Smyrna location in January https://www.allforgardening.com/1928544/homestead-gardens-to-close-smyrna-location-in-january/ #delaware #GardeningDelaware #HomesteadGardens #NewCastleCounty #Ronny'sGardenWorld #smyrna
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The city of Smyrna continues to send me back and forth to different people and assume I understand what departments exist and exactly what they're all in charge of. Their rental rates are more than most private event spaces anyways if they don't want to be involved (and it sounds like they probably don't). I also got the most insane rate for a venue yet at $2000 for the 3 hours or so we'd need it! I'm going to assume that space mostly only does rich peoples weddings or something. It's looking like a Cobb contra dance isn't actually going to happen (but we'll keep trying).
Recommendations still welcome if anyone is in the Smyrna/Marietta/South Cobb area.
#Contra #ContraDance #Dance #Atlanta #CobbCounty #SmyrnaGA #Smyrna #Marietta #MariettaGA #HashtagAbuse
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the #month is almost here! #June is #Pride month! It will be #hot in #atlanta , which actually has its Pride #celebration in #october . We will be going to #smyrna Pride and #athens Pride!!! #queer #lgbt #lqbtqia #trans #transgender #gay #lesbian #bisexual #nonbinary #pansexual #demisexual #aromantic #asexual all you #peeps get ready to #ride out! #demons #assemble
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I'm trying to plan a social dance and there appears to be a distinct lack of event space west of #Atlanta. The city and owned stuff, is unbelievably expensive (more so than private stuff?!) and generally requires you to rent out the space for a whole day at minimum, and I can't find any other event spaces that aren't expensive wedding things (and certainly nothing suitable for dancing). It doesn't help that, realistically, I'd have to get something close enough to me that I can ride there with the bike trailer since I'd have to bring equipment and don't have a car (but I'm looking outside that radius since the chances of me finding that are very low). It's wild to me that spaces appear to be cheaper in Atlanta proper. Guess it's time to start calling dance studios, even though I hate that vibe.
Anyways, if somehow you know of any reasonable event space suitable for dancing in #Smyrna or #Marietta Georgia, let me know.
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Rare Late Roman mosaic with Solomon’s Knot discovered beneath modern İzmir
Archaeologists excavate the ancient city of Smyrna underneath the modern urban fabric of İzmir and have uncovered a rare mosaic-floored room that offers new insights into Late Antique daily life and belief systems. The newly uncovered mosaic floor measures three by four meters and...
More info: https://archaeologymag.com/2026/01/late-roman-mosaic-with-solomons-knot-turkey/
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#archaeology #archeology #archaeologynews #SolomonsKnot #mosaicart #smyrna
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Yellow Barracks
Yellow Barracks, a significant historical structure in Izmir, was constructed between 1827-1829 as the first public building reflecting westernization, accommodating about six thousand soldiers. Positioned at Konak Ataturk Square, it showcased Neoclassical architecture and served as a symbol of the Ottoman Empire's grandeur. Despite its historical importance, including witnessing key events in the city's history, it faced repeated repairs due to flooding and was ultimately demolished in 1955 as part of a new zoning plan. The barracks were notable for their U shape and were built using stones from Kadifekale, embodying modernization efforts initiated by Mahmud II with the abolishment of the Janissary Corps.
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St. Jean Theologos School Building
The Saint Jean Theologos School, located in the courtyard of the Upper Aya Yani Church, was opened under the Evangelical Greek School.It is learned from the sources that the Greek Patriarchate applied for the reconstruction of the school by expanding it due to the ruined condition of the school. According to the application, half of the cost, which was thirty thousand kurus, would be covered by the church fund, and the remaining half from the Evangelical School's current money. The construction license was issued on June 3, 1903. After the school collapsed, Nikoli Paskaladi's house in the same courtyard was purchased and a new single-storey stone building was built on the foundations of these two buildings and a recess room for teachers was built in the courtyard. In 1920, there were 237 students in 4 classes in the coeducational school.
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Smyrna Stadium
Smyrna Stadium, located on the southwest slope under Kadifekale, was historically significant as an arena for gladiatorial contests and a site for religious, state ceremonies, and political meetings. Initially noted by French traveller Tournefort in 1702, it had mostly disappeared, leaving only traces. The stadium also served darker purposes; prisoners were punished there during festivities, and it was the execution site of St. Polycarp, a Christian leader, around 155 CE. Gladiatorial events were central to Smyrna's Roman culture, with evidence of gladiator schools and popular spectacles involving fights against wild animals documented in the 3rd century.
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Castle of Sığacık
Sığacık Castle is located in the Seferihisar district of İzmir. It was built during the Seljuk period and rebuilt with marble blocks brought from the Ancient City of Teos, upon the suggestion of Piri Reis, and by order of Suleiman the Magnificent, who was preparing for the Rhodes Campaign, and took its current form. Today, it is a stage for theater and concert performances and a farmer's market on Sundays. Kaleiçi The castle of Sığacık is one of the few castles where daily life continues. There are traditional Sığacık houses, mosques, Turkish baths, prayer rooms, restaurants and shops, which have been renovated according to the castle's original Sunday, only the products produced by farmers from Seferihisar are sold at the village market in the castle courtyard. -
Cave of Seven Sleepers
The story of the Seven Sleepers has been known in Anatolia for centuries and its included in religious scriptures. The seven young Christians living in the reign of Emperor Decius escaped from the city and hid in a cave here, as they did not want to present a sacrifice in the Emperor Temple. They fell asleep for 200 years in this cave near the foothills of Panayır Mountains. Upon waking up at the time of Theodosius II they learned that the official religion was Christianity. The seven young Christians later buried there hence this miraculous event.
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Ephesus (Ancient Greek: Ἔφεσος; Turkish: Efes; possibly from Hittite Apāša) was an ancient city located in Ionia, near present-day Selçuk in İzmir Province, Turkey. Founded by Attic and Ionian Greeks in the 10th century BC on the site of Apasa, it later became part of the Roman Republic in 129 BC. Ephesus was renowned for its Temple of Artemis, one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, as well as the Library of Celsus and a large theatre. The city played an important role in early Christianity and hosted significant councils. After destruction by the Goths in 263 and gradual decline due to harbour silting, Ephesus was partially ruined by an earthquake in 614. Today, its ruins are a major tourist attraction and were designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2015.
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Claros Greek: Κλάρος, Klaros; Latin: Clarus) was an ancient Greek sanctuary on the coast of Ionia. It contained a temple and oracle of Apollo, honored here as Apollo Clarius. It was located in the territory of Colophon, which lay twelve kilometers to the north, one of the twelve cities of the Ionian League. The coastal city Notion lay two kilometers to the south. The ruins of the sanctuary are now found north of the modern town Ahmetbeyli in the Menderes district of İzmir Province, Turkey.
The Temple of Apollo at Claros was a very important center of prophecy, as in Delphi and Didyma. The oldest literary information about this sacred site goes back to the sixth and seventh centuries BC, through the Homeric Hymns, though Proto-Geometric pottery at the site betokens 9th century occupation. A sacred cave near the Temple of Apollo, which was an important place both in the Hellenistic and Roman eras, points to the existence of a Cybele cult in early periods here. Games called the Claria were held at Claros every fifth year in honor of Apollo.
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Teos Ancient City
It is acknowledged that the ancient city of Teos, which was the capital of Northern Ionia until 3 thousand years ago, has an important place in architecture and trade. The main structure of the city is the Temple of Dionysus, which was founded in 1080 BC and was built by Hermogenes in the name of Dionysus, the guardian god of Teos. The ruins of Ancient Teos are from Hellenistic and Roman Period; It is possible to see the Temple of Dionysus, the Agora, the Theatre, the Odeion and the ancient harbor.
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Agora of Smyrna
The Agora is an open-air museum in which you can admire the remains of the ancient city of Smyrna. The ancient agora, which dated back to the 4th century BC, was destroyed by an earthquake in 178 BC but was quickly rebuilt by the Roman emperor Marcus Aurelius. In the current museum you can see the water channels built by the Romans, which are still in operation.A large part of the site is closed to the public because excavations and restorations are still in progress, but it is still worth going there, if only to take a walk on the floor below the level of the old basilica.
