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Roman, Greek and ClassicalSite Name: Arena di Verona Alternative Name: Verona Amphitheatre
Country: Italy
NOTE: This site is 8.257 km away from the location you searched for.
Region: Veneto Type: Ancient Temple
Nearest Town: Verona
Latitude: 45.439104N Longitude: 10.994211E
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Located in the charming Piazza Brà, the Roman amphitheatre is the main tourist attraction in Verona, and it is still used today mostly as a musical venue. The most recent study attributes the Arena to the Julio-Claudian era (14-54 AD). The size and complexity of the structure made it an important predecessor in planning the Coliseum, begun in 80 AD. The structure was deliberately situated outside the city walls but within easy reach along all major roads, in order to avoid potential disorders in the crowded city centre. According to tradition, the arena served as the inspiration for Dante's "circles of Inferno"

The Arena hosted the most popular entertainments of the times: combats between gladiators and staged "hunts" of exotic imported animals. The expenses for these games were born by the public purse and the wealthier individuals, and varied with the fame, origin and training of the combatants.

The greater height of the Arena above the city walls was a cause for risk due to the advantage this might give for attack during barbarian invasions. Thus Emperor Gallienus and Theodoricus provided a further wall to isolate the structure from the remainder of the city: Theodoricus demolished a large part of the outermost ring of the Arena (31 metres in height), to use the blocks of stone for the new wall.

The remains of the outer Arena ring are called the Ala (Wing), and have given rise to a legend. According to this, a noble made a pact with Satan to build the Arena in a single night in exchange for release from certain death. The noble was assisted by the Devil's helpers but with the call of the Ave Maria at dawn, they abandoned their task, leaving the Arena incomplete and the noble to his fate.

The dedicatory epigraph has been found, but only as a fragment with the letters "S.CON", as yet insufficient to identify the individuals who sponsored the construction.
The exterior masonry in blocks of white, soft pink and deep pink limestone from the Valpolicella quarries, chiselled to interlocking shapes, contributes to an overall sense of massive and elegant solidity. We can now only imagine the original interiors, which would have been enriched with sculptures, precious and exotic marbles, and may fountains decorated with still more statues.

The Arena is elliptical in form, with overall dimensions of 152 by 123 metres: this places it eight in size among all Roman amphitheatres and fourth in Italy, behind the Coliseum and the great structures of Capua and Milan. The entrances at the shorter side were reserved for dignitaries and guests; those on the longer sides served for the entrance of the gladiators in procession (porta triumphalis) and for the exit of the injured and the dead. Total spectator capacity was 30,000. Three vaulted interior galleries supported the upper seating areas, which were in turn reached through 64 openings (vomitoria). The seating area was divided in three levels (moeniana), each for a different social class. At the top level there may have been a canvas awning supported on beams, to protect the spectators from the sun and the rain.
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Other interesting sites in Verona include:
Ponte Pietra, the old bridge originally built in 100 BC; it was partly rebuilt in 1298 and after it was almost completely destroyed in World War II.
Piazza Erbe with its decorated palaces and Torre dei Lamberti (Medieval bell tower and view point), Arche degli Scaligeri, monument to Della Scala family (XIV Century).
Castelvecchio, a Scaliger Castle built along and across the Adige River (XIV Century).
The churches of San Zeno, Sant'Anastasia, San Fermo and the Cathedral Complex with its Paleo-Christian flooring.

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