Editing Cardo (section)

===Apamea, Syria===
{{Main|Great Colonnade at Apamea}}
[[File:Apamea Cardo 2010.jpg|thumb|''Cardo maximus'' of Apamea, Syria]]

The ''cardo maximus'' of [[Apamea, Syria]], ran through the centre of the city directly from North to South, linked the principal gates of the city, and was originally surrounded by 1,200 columns with unique spiral fluting, each subsequent column spiralling in the opposite direction. The thoroughfare was about 1.85 kilometres long and 37 metres wide, as it was used for wheeled transport. The great colonnade was erected in the 2nd century and it was still standing until the 12th. The earthquakes of 1157 and 1170 demolished the colonnade. The ''cardo'' was lined on both sides with civic and religious buildings.