Herod's palace | ruins

 palace, ruins

But far more unusual was the second Herod's palace in Masade parked on the narrow northern tip of the top of the same mountains and, in fact, vydavavshiysya abroad, hanging over the abyss at one of the other three terraces, supported by massive wall height of 80 feet. The lower terrace, vmeschavshaya rooms and swimming baths and painted colonnades with style, mainly intended to enjoy Guatemala, frightening landscape. The purpose served, and the average terrace, which included ornamental plants. The upper terrace housing provided for Herod and his inner circle (the others were located elsewhere on the mountain). Four rooms decorated paintings and mosaics; On the northern tip of a large semicircular galleries on three sides open light fantastic form. Michael Grant : "Herod the Great. Lying ruler of Judea "