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Tom ward (narrates): A
once lavish theatre in america

that saw the house brought down.

The decibels were so crazy loud

that they were doing physical
damage to the building.

An ancient Turkish city
with a poisonous secret.

Those who approached
the deadly grotto

dropped dead immediately

and were dragged
away to the underworld.

Pock marked sicilian ruins
snared in an ingenious trap.

There was a massive
feat of misdirection,

of sleight of hand with thousands
of lives hanging in the balance.

And a war torn
shell in the Balkans

given new purpose
by a blockbuster series.

No spoilers, but
once you see it,

you can't unsee it.

You can't unsee it.

Decaying relics,
ruins of lost worlds.

Sights haunted by the past,

their secrets waiting
to be revealed.

In the usa, on Cleveland's
Lorraine Avenue

is a forgotten treasure.

There's some older homes,
there's some empty storefronts,

it's all just a
little bit rundown.

Then you see this marquee
with the word variety on it.

This could only be a theatre.

Despite its modern sign, the
interior has seen better days.

When you step inside, it's
like you're going back in time.

You have turnstiles,
massive mirrors,

rusting machinery.

There's plaster that's
peeling off the walls,

there's giant chandeliers.

The main hall is kind
of a beautiful wreck,

but clearly in its heyday,
this was quite the place.

Having entertained generations
in majestic surroundings,

a surprising event
would spell its downfall.

It was deafening,

I mean, there were
chunks of the ceiling

literally raining down
on top of the crowd.

The only way you could stop it

was to run in and
pull the breaker,

ending the power
for the whole thing.

Rose zitiello first came
to the variety theatre

more than 35 years ago.

Pass the turnstiles here

pass the turnstiles here

where you would have
given the attendant your ticket,

you would have walked
into this inner lobby

and this is where the
concessions were sold,

so, the popcorn and the
beverages, candy bars,

so this was a popular
area just to sort of be a meet

and greet area before
you went to take your seat.

When it opened in 1927,

the huge main auditorium
was the height of luxury.

This would have
been one of the aisles

to walk to one of your seats.

There was 1,900
seats in this main floor.

You can really see
the vast size of it.

This theatre was a very opulent

and extravagantly
appointed theatre.

I mean, you could still see
some of the velvet curtains

and the wall treatments still
hanging on the walls here.

I mean, most people in 1927,

I mean, most people in 1927,

maybe they had emigrated here,

just within the
last 10 to 15 years

with the large wave of immigration
that Cleveland saw at that time,

so, for them to be able
to come to a theatre

for a modest ticket price and be
in a luxury theatre for an evening

I think, was a very grand event.

The house was
regularly packed out

to see the latest
vaudeville shows.

Vaudeville acts
included musicians,

singers, trained
animals, magicians.

People would pay their
nickel or dime at the door

and get an evening of what
was literally a variety show,

a little bit of everything.

But the theatre hadn't only been
designed for live performances,

vaudeville was competing
against a new and exciting medium,

moving pictures.

So, to my right here

so, to my right here

is where the magic happens,

this is the peerless
magnarc high intensity lamp.

The first film that they
opened at the variety theatre

was 'hula' with Clara bow.

She was a big sex symbol

and this movie was
a little controversial.

She swims nude in a
lagoon, she wears pants,

she does a little
striptease behind a bush.

She's trying to seduce
a married man and wins,

which is not the way
it's supposed to turn out.

It was considered scandalous.

The crowd was standing
clear around 118th,

up 119th to get in this
theatre to see that show.

When silent films became
talkies in the late 1920s,

even more people were
drawn to the variety.

And its success
attracted a new owner.

The Warner brothers studio
decided to buy it in 1929.

Warner brothers was
really making a play

for theatres all
over the country

so, that they would have a
built-in audience for their films,

we think it was part
of their business model

probably made them an offer
that they could not turn down.

This is right in the middle
of Hollywood's golden age

and everyone would
come to the variety

to see the latest
blockbuster movie.

After decades of entertaining
the people of Cleveland,

vast social and cultural
changes in the late 1940s

began to undermine its success.

During this period,

a lot of the American
middle class was moving

out of centre of cities
and out to the suburbs,

that's spelled a real problem

for these great old
downtown theatres.

With multiplex cinemas
opening out of the city centre

with multiple screens,
several movies playing,

with multiple screens,
several movies playing,

the variety just
couldn't compete.

At the same time, a
new form of entertainment

was gaining the upper hand.

With the rise of television,

people were staying
in and just weren't going

to the theatre much anymore.

They could see
great entertainers

in their own living rooms.

In 1954, Warner
brothers sold the theatre

and the coming decades would
see its fortunes decline yet further.

The theatre was sold
to different owners

and it was really
starting to fall apart.

But it wouldn't go out quietly.

In 1976, a new owner
bought the variety

with a plan to
reverse its fortunes.

A burgeoning music
scene would provide him

with a much needed
revenue stream.

During the '80s,

there was quite a Cleveland
presence of independent labels

there was quite a Cleveland
presence of independent labels

and punk rock bands and
they actually found a home here

at the variety theatre.

Through the '80s,

the theatre hosted whole
series of rock concerts, bands,

everything from
rem to metallica.

One of these shows would
go down in music history.

One of the most infamous
events was on December 2, 1984.

And on that evening everybody
knew that motorhead was playing here,

there were at least 1,900
people on the main floor

and a couple hundred
people more in the balcony.

Now, this is a band that is
proud of how loud they are.

That evening was no different.

The volume started out loud,
it got progressively louder,

the volume started out loud,
it got progressively louder,

louder than the management
had pre-authorised

and negotiated with the band
and the sound was deafening.

The band's volume reached

a literally ear
splitting 130 decibels

which would have set the record

as the loudest rock
performance ever measured,

beating a previous
performance by the who.

They played song
after song at top

volume and the audience
kept wanting more,

so they kept playing.

But the thunderous
noise of the band

inside this aging theatre
was a recipe for disaster.

The performance was so
loud that chunks of plaster

started falling
from the ceiling.

The plaster began raining
down on the audience,

the plaster began raining
down on the audience,

as you know the
theatre was not designed

for heavy metal music,

so, the maintenance
man sees the plaster falling

and at that moment,

he doesn't know if it's just
superficial plaster falling,

is it a structural problem,

does he have to get
this crowd out of here.

He tried to get the band
to turn down to no avail.

They were loud, they were proud,

they were gonna be
as loud as they could.

And it finally got
so bad that he went

and he just pulled the breaker
and shut the whole thing down.

The damage to the ceiling
was in fact only superficial,

but the fallout wasn't over yet.

Incensed by the noise,
local residents took action.

The theatre, this rear wall
where we're standing right here

abuts right against
a residential district,

abuts right against
a residential district,

so, it's a densely populated
neighbourhood here.

And the neighbours
could hear the band,

they also found out later
about the falling plaster.

They began to
complain, file lawsuits,

and eventually the theatre
had to stop hosting rock shows.

One of the neighbours
actually recorded

one of the concerts
from their house.

And it was so loud that they
could listen to every word

and every beat that was going
on and they used that recording

as a tool to go to court to
shut the whole thing down.

Struggling to survive without
the income from live music,

the theatre limped on until closing
as an entertainment venue in 1990.

Today, thanks to a dedicated
group of local campaigners,

the future looks bright
for the variety theatre.

The future looks bright
for the variety theatre.

They're really enthusiastic
about saving this building

that was once so beautiful
and making it really at the heart

of a rebirth of this
neighbourhood.

With modern technology and
sound attenuation measures,

the theatre can now be
restored for live music

and without upsetting
our neighbours.

Hidden on the
Italian island of sicily

are traces of a bitter conflict.

So, this is an
idyllic part of sicily,

looking out towards
the mediterranean sea.

A modern road cuts its
way through the countryside,

and there's a dusty ride
and if you look closely

it seems like there's
something built into the hillside.

Somebody has
built infrastructure

to defend this place
against a modern attack.

50 miles east is a church
that at first doesn't appear

to bare any scars
of this conflict.

Like a subterranean world,

another sicily lays
under this church.

You see evidence
of ancient devotion,

ancient fear of death
and then aeroplane.

Although these places
are 50 miles apart,

they were part of a make
or break moment in the war.

This moment relied
on a grand deception

unlike anything that had
been attempted before.

Nobody would ever believe

somebody could try
something so desperate.

And that's just what
they were counting on.

And that's just what
they were counting on.

Roberto piccione is a historian

who has lived in the ancient
walled city of Syracuse

for more than 50 years.

This is the church
of San filippo,

in the middle of the
old Jewish quarter

and underground there
is something special.

It seems to be going down
and down until you're in this,

this labyrinth that might
stretch underneath the entire city.

About 2,000 years ago,

this was an aqueduct,
a Greek aqueduct.

But there are signs
that these tunnels

were put to a
very different use,

nearly two millennia later.

Here we can see a
messerschmitt German plane,

an Italian plane, and a stucco.

An Italian plane, and a stucco.

And here we can see a parachute.

This kind of draw just describes
what the people saw every day.

From early 1943,

they saw their city mercilessly
bombed by the allies

and fled to these catacombs
to wait out the onslaught.

People stay here, entire family

just try to wait the
handing of the bombing,

talking, singing, praying,

playing with the young kids

for avoid that they be
scared and try to stay together.

It must have been terrible

to have been in
these air raid shelters

and to hear the sounds
of war all around you

and be afraid that the bomb

that lands to the side of you

may in a minute land
right on top of you.

May in a minute land
right on top of you.

After months of terror, on 9
July, the cacophony ended.

So, when the bombing stopped,

I think, that the people
ask themselves now

what is going to happen,

and what happened
was the invasion.

50 miles west,

Italian troops tasked
with defending a key route

in to the island's interior

nervously waited in
the ponte dirillo bunkers.

Here we are inside
the ponte dirillo position

and here there
were about 30 men.

From this window, we
have a really good view

of the sea just on the
right, and in the other side,

we have the road that
was really important.

The soldiers here
were about to face

the largest allied invasion
force yet deployed in the war.

The largest allied invasion
force yet deployed in the war.

Yet this place was
barely defended

and is one of the few remnants
of access defences on sicily.

We have only light defence,

so, machine gun and gun

and there was only
one small Cannon.

You have to ask the question

why do the Nazis fortify France

ahead of the 1944 invasion.

But...

They're not nearly as
intensive about fortifying sicily.

It can in part be explained
by a daring allied deception.

You have a dead body
released from a submarine,

fake documents, it's really like
something out of a James Bond film.

In 1943 with the Nazi's
desert army defeated in Tunisia,

in 1943 with the Nazi's desert
army defeated in Tunisia,

allied military
strategists were looking

for a way to invade
fortress Europe.

The only problem was that the
Italian and German forces knew

that the allied attack
would have to come

somewhere along the
southern European coast.

Sicily was the obvious choice,

but a battle against a concentrated
access force could be disastrous.

So, the allies turned to
deception on a grand scale...

Operation mincemeat.

A Spanish fisherman fishing
off the southern coast of Spain

pulls a badly
decomposed dead body

out of the water

and the body is
wearing the battle dress

of a royal marine major.

He had on his person
a number of plans.

When the German commanders
heard about this discovery,

they thought they
had hit the jackpot.

This was worth
its weight in gold.

What the Germans have
got is a plan for the invasion

of Southern Europe
through Greece

and the Balkans and it's a lie.

The bogus plans
said that any troops

moving towards sicily
were simply a decoy.

The access powers
moved their attention

away from sicily and many
of their armaments too,

and they weren't ready
for an attack there.

You had two panzer
divisions being relocated

from the eastern front,

you had seven divisions
set up in Greece.

You had another ten
set up in the Balkans.

It was a massive redistribution
of forces for an invasion

that was gonna come in a
completely different place.

Sicily's physical defences
were also neglected.

The bunkers at ponte dirillo

are one of the few remaining
signs of war on the island.

It doesn't appear
as if it's a place ready

to defend itself
from a major assault.

And it wasn't.

9 July 1943, in
the dead of night,

thousands of allied paratroopers
descend on to the island.

Their mission to secure
key positions like ponte dirillo.

The Americans
landed from these hills

that we can see in front.

There was a total of
about 100 paratroopers

from different groups that
attacked this front point.

All these marks...

Are American bullet...

Are American bullet...

Everywhere.

There were several German tanks.

We don't know
exactly the number,

but it's sure that
one was stopped

just in front of the Ridge.

After a very short
but fierce battle,

they managed to capture
the bunker complex.

It was supposed to take an entire
infantry regiment to capture this,

but that hadn't even
landed in sicily yet.

When the main landing force
arrived on the nearby beaches,

access opposition on
sicily's southern shores

was soon washed away.

During the allied landings,

this coast was really full

of boat everywhere.

The eye witness
like my father told me

that it was impossible
to see the sea.

Everywhere there were landing
craft, merchant Navy ships.

Everywhere there were landing
craft, merchant Navy ships.

Over the next three days, the
invasion involved 3,000 ships,

150,000 allied troops,

and 4,000 aircraft

and opposing them was a
relatively modest German force

of only two divisions.

The German leadership still
thought that the main attack

was going to come elsewhere.

In just under six
weeks of bitter fighting,

the entire island was
controlled by allied troops.

Operation mincemeat
wasn't the only reason

that the access were
defeated in sicily,

but it was a really
important aspect of it.

They don't have
an easy time of it,

but they have a much easier time

than if the Germans had
concentrated force there to stop them.

The success of
this invasion marked

a key turning point in the war.

A key turning point in the war.

For the first time,

the allies were beginning
to take back Europe.

Today, a memorial
stands at ponte dirillo

in tribute to the us troops
who gave their lives there.

For Roberto, these sacrifices
must never be forgotten.

Doesn't matter if
they were British,

American, Italian, or German.

They were young guys
that lose their life in sicily.

So, it's important to remember
this part of history for avoid

that this will not happen again.

In Croatia, on the
outskirts of Dubrovnik,

is a once opulent structure

that fell victim to
tragic circumstance.

That fell victim to
tragic circumstance.

Just a short distance from one
of the oldest cities in Europe,

perched on the side of a cliff

is a very big and very
modern looking building.

It doesn't appear to
be in too bad shape,

but the closer you get,

you realise that's
not at all the case,

the whole thing's
an absolute mess.

Amidst the destruction
are traces of a glorious past.

There seems to be sort of
this panoramic restaurant

and then a terrace
with swimming pools.

Inside all the
rooms look identical

and they've been
stripped bare except

for a few broken
toilets and old bathtubs.

But the views out
are still fantastic,

it's picture postcard
stuff everywhere you look.

You can tell, in its day,
this place was spectacular.

Yet the architectural
style suggests a building

only four decades old.

And that makes you think
that something very sudden

and quite terrible
happened here.

But from the ruins, a pop
culture legend was born.

A lot of people know Dubrovnik

from the series
'game of thrones'.

This is where one of
the most shocking scenes

in the entire series was filmed.

Ivan vukovic grew up nearby

and has many fond memories
of the time he spent here.

This is a place where I
came with my parents,

it was my playground.

It was the part of my childhood.

Everybody loved to come here
because it was a pure luxury.

Everybody loved to come here
because it was a pure luxury.

And look at it now,

it's like the days
of glory are over.

When construction
began in the mid '80s,

Croatia was actually still a
part of socialist yugoslavia,

and it was approaching a pretty
important juncture in its history.

And this building has
really come to represent that.

Croatia was one of the
wealthier Yugoslav nations

and this construction was
part of an ambitious plan

to further boost
the local economy.

It's very unusual to
get something like this

in the times of the '80s

or before because at that
time everybody had to be equal

that some of the
theories of socialism.

Under socialist rule,

the focus was on primary
and secondary industries

like mining and factories.

This building was
designed to make money

this building was
designed to make money

for the country but in
an entirely different way.

This was built to attract
wealthy western tourists.

This is the hotel Belvedere.

It first welcomed
guests in 1985.

This place is one of the rooms

of 200 in total of
hotel Belvedere.

I found one list,

who was here,

how much money they spent,

and the date is July 25, 1990.

They are mostly people
coming from the west,

Spain, us, United Kingdom.

Croatia never had
a hotel like this.

This place had everything.

It had an indoor pool,

had an outdoor pool,

it had international
cuisine, it had a discotheque,

it had international
cuisine, it had a discotheque,

it even had a helipad.

I mean, imagine what
it would have been like,

looking out over the
adriatic, drinking a cocktail,

it must have been fantastic.

It wasn't just wealthy
western tourists lured

in by all the luxury on offer.

My mother could come
and spend her money

to buy some exclusive
things in exclusive shops

and my father was freaking out

while he was sitting in this
tavern just one deck below.

In its first six
years of operation,

it gained a reputation as
one of Europe's finest hotels.

The future was looking
very bright indeed.

But by 1991, a new
Yugoslav leader was emerging,

one that would tear
apart the Balkan states

one that would tear
apart the Balkan states

and Usher in the end
of hotel Belvedere.

Slobodan milosevic's ideas

that he's going to
concentrate Yugoslav power

in his own homeland of
Serbia and its capital Belgrade

and he's going to take power

from the other
regions like Slovenia,

Croatia, Montenegro,
and transport it to Serbia.

As far as Croatia was concerned,

there was no way they
were going to let that happen.

They wanted independence.

Civil war ensues

and there's battling over every
key area including Dubrovnik

which the Serbs want
because of its tourist potential.

At 6:00am on 1 October 1991,

the siege of Dubrovnik began.

It was attacked from
the land, from the sea,

and from the air by the
Yugoslav national army.

I remember clearly that
day because it was sunny,

I remember clearly that
day because it was sunny,

and I asked my mother

what is that thunderstorm
coming from the south

because I was a kid,
I was 11 years old.

Unfortunately the war
started, hell broke loose.

Strategically
positioned on the route

to Dubrovnik's old town,

Croatian troops rushed
to fortify the hotel.

If Yugoslav troops
broke through here,

the city would fall.

There was lots of direct hits
from the cannons from their Navy.

And lots of the mortars were
falling around and, you know,

the shrapnel are the ones
making most of the damage,

so, when you walk
around the hotel,

you will see any window
that is still in one place,

you will see any window
that is still in one place,

it's all shattered glass around.

Dubrovnik's vicious bombardment
lasted seven long months,

but the hotel was never
taken by Yugoslav troops.

You know, how
Croatia won the war,

so, you have to be
like relieved or happy

and then you see the aftermath.

Many people lost
their lives for freedom.

It was very, very hard

because when the war
ends it takes time to recover.

Yugoslavia built it and
then yugoslavia destroyed it.

After the war, there's some thought
to restoring the hotel Belvedere,

but the damage was so
extensive that it was decided

that it was just not feasible.

Even after the bombing stopped,

terrible dangers remained
for many years to come.

So, after this hotel
was abandoned,

this became my playground.

I was playing here
in these bushes

and I saw something
which looked like a toy,

I picked it up and took
it to my dad's place.

And dad said,

"don't move, it's not a
toy, it's a cluster bomb."

There's no need for me to play
any lottery to win any jackpots,

because I survived
the cluster bomb,

I think, I won my jackpot
like 40 something years ago.

If there's something eerily
familiar about the amphitheatre,

that's because in 2013,

it became the location
for something different

when 'game of
thrones' came to town.

This is where oberyn
fought the mountain

in what was an epic battle.

The scene was
called trial by combat,

the scene was
called trial by combat,

and they'd been
fighting in this area

where all the
extras were cheering

and being on the side
mostly of oberyn martell.

No spoilers, but this scene was
something that once you see it,

you can't unsee it.

The original 'game of thrones'
series may now be over,

but the hotel's final
chapter is yet to be written.

The hotel was originally built to
attract wealthy western tourists

and it may live
up to that dream.

In 2014, it was bought
for 12 million Euros,

so, its glory days
may yet still return.

I would love to
see it brand new,

to look it through the
brand-new window,

brand-new balcony,
and still having this

amazing views of the
city and surrounding areas.

Amazing views of the
city and surrounding areas.

In western Turkey,

mysterious white rocks
jut out over the landscape.

From afar these rocks
look soft and ethereal,

like something
out of a fairy-tale.

It's creased with stalactites

and tessellated with
hundreds of pools

of sparkling turquoise water.

Though striking, these
rocks are hiding something

even more extraordinary.

Behind this glistening hillside
is a whole hidden world,

a world that dates
back over 2,000 years.

If you just happen to be driving
on the wrong side of the road,

you wouldn't even
know that it existed.

It exudes a mysterious charm,

there are these tumbled
down stone buildings.

There are these tumbled
down stone buildings.

This city was once renowned
across the ancient world.

People travelled
hundreds of miles

to come and be
buried in this place

because of the magical
powers people said it possessed.

This sight helps develop one
of the most powerful religions

of the modern world.

Until recently, it has
been shrouded in secrecy.

This ancient city has
a poisonous secret,

one that laid buried
for thousands of years.

Doctor inci turkoglu
is a historian,

who has been working to piece
together the truth about hierapolis.

This is the northern city gate

and from it starts the
main artery of the town.

This city was full of people,

a lot of textile
business and industry,

and there was also a very
strong tourism business.

And there was also a very
strong tourism business.

The city grew because of
the mysterious white rocks

that surround it.

These other worldly
formations are travertines

and they're limestone
cliffs that slowly formed

over 400,000 years due
to bubbling mineral Springs.

As the water flows
down a hillside,

it degases, leaving behind a bright
white trail of calcium carbonate,

it's this process that
creates the wonderland

of pools and terraces.

Said to possess healing powers,

when it came under Roman
rule in the 2nd century bc,

hierapolis drew visitors
from across the empire.

This was the health
resort of the ancients.

The rich came here
and the frail came here

to spend their final years.

Because of this, the
necropolis reflects the cultures

of many different regions.

This is one of the
largest cities of the dead

to have ever existed.

But the popularity of this city
had a more bizarre side to it,

one that has remained
a mystery for centuries.

It was said to be the
location of a gate to hell,

a portal to the underworld

where the toxic breath of the
three-headed hellhound Cerberus

flowed out of the ground,

claiming unsuspecting victims
on behalf of his master, pluto.

Legends say those who
dare to approach the grotto

dropped dead immediately

and were taken away
to the underworld.

Known as pluto's gate,

pilgrims travelled
from far and wide

to watch its priests
performing arcane rights.

The main focus involved
sacrifice of animals,

especially bulls, to
the god and goddess.

Especially bulls, to
the god and goddess.

An important part
of the ceremony

was dragging in the live animal

and then dragging
out the dead animal.

It wasn't only animals
that entered this gate to hell

but also the priests themselves.

What they did was
they walked into the cave

and they came up alive
and this was very shocking

for the common people

because no other living
beings came out alive.

The priests sold birds and
other animals to the visitors

so they could try out
for themselves to see

just how deadly this area was.

It's hard to imagine these
dramatic scenes even being real,

surely they're just a fable.

Its existence was
debated for millennia,

until a series of
miraculous discoveries

were made in the early 2010s.

The head of the excavations

started surveys and
when they reached down,

they found the arch

and they found the
inscription stating

that it was dedicated to pluto.

The myths were
indeed based on fact.

There is a round arched gate,

a doorway where the
poisonous gas come out

and they would find birds
fallen dead underground.

Though pluto's gate existed,
one major mystery remained.

How did the priest survive
when the animals all died?

The man to solve
the ancient mystery

was a volcano
biologist from Germany.

He discovered that whereas
normal air contains just .04% co2,

the air around the
shrine contained 80%,

the air around the
shrine contained 80%,

just a few minutes exposure to
10% carbon dioxide can kill you.

How the priest survived
was actually very simple.

They realised that if they
held their breath while inside,

they survived while
the animals died.

But the grotto's
days were numbered.

A new religion was sweeping
across the Roman empire

and hierapolis was
about to change forever.

The building behind us now
is the martyrdom of st Philip,

one of the two
apostles of Christ.

Philip challenged the worshippers
of the serpents in the nearby temple

and so he was arrested
and hung upside down.

According to one story,

the ground cracked
open and bystanders

nearby watching this execution

also were swallowed
down in to the earth.

Philip was one of
many of Jesus' followers

Philip was one of
many of Jesus' followers

who upon his death set out to
spread the word of christianity.

At the beginning, christianity
was somewhat underground,

persecuted, but finally in 313,

constantine the great decided

to give freedom...

To Christian faith.

With the new religion
came the end of the grotto.

Christians filled
pluto's gate with stones

due to it being a symbolic
location for paganism.

Hierapolis continued to
thrive under Christian belief,

but it was about to
be dealt a severe blow.

The very thing
that made this place

so, prosperous and renowned

was the very thing
that destroyed it.

In the early 7th century, a
massive earthquake hit the region.

In hierapolis, all the big
monuments fell down,

in hierapolis, all the big
monuments fell down,

the many people died.

It can be considered ironic

that the reason for
the thermal Springs

is the seismic fault line

and it led to its final abandon,

but it's not the only reason.

Due to its geographical position,
earthquakes were inevitable,

but another force was
about to hit hierapolis

and this time the city
couldn't bounce back.

The ottoman army advanced
and invaded hierapolis,

by 1334 when yet another
devastating earthquake hit,

hierapolis was
finally abandoned.

With no-one here
to maintain the city

and control the spring waters,

the ruins were slowly submerged
in their own calcified waters.

For centuries, the city
laid buried and forgotten

until it was
rediscovered in 1887.

Today people still
flock to its hot Springs,

but many secrets are
believed to remain hidden

below these white hills.

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