Teatro romano de Sagunto

Teatro romano de Sagunto
Native name
Spanish: Teatro romano de Sagunto
Location Sagunto, Spain
Coordinates 39°40′37″N 0°16′41″W / 39.676811°N 0.277925°W / 39.676811; -0.277925Coordinates: 39°40′37″N 0°16′41″W / 39.676811°N 0.277925°W / 39.676811; -0.277925
Official name: Teatre romano
Type Non-movable
Criteria Monument
Designated 1896
Reference no. RI-51-0000073
Location of Teatro romano de Sagunto in Spain

The Teatro romano de Sagunto (Spanish: Teatre romano) is a Roman theatre located in Sagunto, Spain. It was declared Bien de Interés Cultural in 1896. The Roman Theatre of Sagunto is located at the foot of the mountain crowned by the 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 cavea or grandstands, semicircular and composed by three orders of stands and the scene, which rises to the height of the top of the grandstands porch.[1] It is semicircular in shape and can seat 8,000 spectators.

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