Showing posts with label Circo di Variano. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Circo di Variano. Show all posts

Wednesday, September 18, 2013

CASTRENSIS AMPHITHEATER

ANFITEATRO CASTRENSE
Severian period (193/235). 88 x 75 m (288 x 252 feet)
Perhaps the private amphitheater of the PALATIUM SESSORIANUM (maybe from sedeo, living room), later incorporated in the Aurelian Walls
In mid-1500 the two upper orders were destroyed and only the first remains
From the amphitheater a grand CORRIDOR 300 m (985 feet) long and 14 m (46 feet) wide began along the great hall (now the Basilica of Santa Croce) ending up at the CIRCO DI VARIANO