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ROME
Other things to see in Rome
Theatre of Marcello
Where: via del Teatro di Marcello Begun by Caesar during the second half of the first century B.C., it was completed in the twelfth century B.C. by Augustus.
The latter dedicated it to his nephew Marcello, who had died at a young age. It is an immense construction with a diameter of 120 meters, capable of holding 20,000 spectators.
The two circles of arches, one above the other, were later imitated in the building of the Colosseum.
Twelve arches out of 41 have remained intact thanks to the transformation of the theatre into a fortress during the medieval period, and into a palace during the sixteenth century.
On the right stand three elegant columns, the only remains of the ancient temple of Apollo Sosiano. |
