Anfiteatro romano

The apparent modernity is due to the fact that the amphitheater was not in brick but in earth and wood and what was left was only the structure on the ground. The recovery intervention has kept the large size and made available to the public the space that is used for concerts and shows

A fabulous place both outside with its views and Roman architectural features, both for the hypogeum museum for the value of the finds and for the fantastic display with an analytical description of the historical periods of the ancient theater.

The Roman amphitheater of the ancient city of Teate Marrucinorum, today's Chieti, is located on the hillside near the town. The structure was built, in the middle of the I century AD, on the slopes of the acropolis in a natural esplanade at the behest of Marco Vettio Marcello, imperial procurator of the city, and his wife Elvidia Priscilla, remembered by many historians, including Pliny architects of the theater and one of the temples facing the forum, a thesis confirmed also by the inscription inserted in the entablature of the same building of worship. In the nineteenth century, during the Bourbon kingdom, the esplanade was remodeled to accommodate Piazza d'Armi and in modern times the Magistral Institute with gym and soccer field. In 1982 the excavations carried out for the construction of a water reservoir have brought to light the remains of the ancient building and a drainage pit of protohistoric material. From that date until the end of 1994 a hard excavation work began by the Archaeological Superintendency, which first of all freed itself from modern structures and then brought to light a large part of the Roman building. The amphitheater (about 60x40 m) has an elliptical plan and follows the natural course of the terrain, along the slopes of the Civitella hill. It was directly connected, through the accesses aligned along the major axis of the building, with the urban road system to the north and extra-urban to the south. The excavations have brought to light the structures of the two systems of lit north and south of the wall that delimits the arena ("podium") and the tribune of honor ("suggestum"), in addition to the masonry structure, placed on the western side of the ellipse, covered in two-colored "opus reticolatum" with stone and brick appeals. The arena of the amphitheater is in beaten earth while the cavea is laying partly directly on the ground and partly on a wall in "opus reticolatum". Archaeological investigations have highlighted the collapse of the southern entrance and the bottom collapse of the building due to the instability of the ground and due to water infiltration from the top of the hill. The area over the centuries has been subjected to numerous strikes. Today the amphitheater is an integral part of the Civitella archaeological park.

In the center of the city, in the Civitella district, a wonderful experience. A visit to the archaeological museum is also recommended

Place where you can breathe history.

Beautiful place, you can breathe the history, not to mention the National Museum La civitella which is right next to the Roman Amphitheater.

It is the Roman amphitheater of the Civitella Archaeological Park, which also contains pre-Roman remains and one of the two archaeological museums of Chieti. This concerns in particular the urban area, with the remains and the partial reconstruction of the temples that were located on the acropolis, the remains of the main buildings of ancient Teate, but also very significant finds from prehistory. Very accurate and didactically effective

Obviously we talk about history and what a history. We have these scattered and countless "open air" fortunes (rarely in Italy) But unfortunately they are .. Pearls at ?