The Teatro Romano or Roman Theater are the ruins of a 1st-century ancient Roman theater of the former town of Iguvium (now Gubbio); the located in a grassy park just south of the highway SR298 as it passes the center of the historic town in the region of Umbria, Italy.
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The ruins consist of limestone arcades, which originally formed a two-story hemicircle with 27 arches. The lower arcade had a vomitorium with roofed corridor. The theater originally had an orchestra pit separated from the proscenium by a tall podium. The theater was expected to sit nearly 6000 persons. The present layout derives from restoration efforts in the past two centuries. A nearby museum (antiquarium) displays archeologic finds from Gubbio. In the summer, the theater is used for some outdoor performances.[1]
References
edit- ^ Comune of Gubbio, entry on Roman Theater.