Teatro romano de Sagunto

Teatro romano de Sagunto - Credit: Wikimedia Commons

The (Spanish: ) is a Roman theatre located in Sagunto, Spain. It was declared in 1896. The Roman Theatre of Sagunto is located at the foot of the mountain, crowned by Sagunto Castle. It occupies the intermediate terrace, between the city and the upper platform chaired by the Forum, Civic Center of the municipality, responding to an urban planning of the times of Emperor Augustus. It was built in the middle of the first century, using the slope of the mountain. It consists of two distinct parts: the or grandstands, semicircular and composed by three orders of stands and the , which rises to the height of the top of the grandstands porch. It is semicircular in shape and can seat 8,000 spectators. Read more on Wikipedia

type: historic site
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