AVENTICUM (Avenches), ancient Germania Superior, modern Switzerland.
COORDINATES: 46º52’48.99” N // 7º02’55.65” E
TIPOLOGY : Theatre Gallo-Roman. Urban.
DATE: End of I A.D.
TRANSFORMATIONS: In late III A.D.
CAPACITY: 12.000 espectators. (I think that number is a little exaggerated)
CAVEA: Built on flat site, supported bt radial and and annular walls. Facing north-west. 106 m . diameter. Tue plan is a semicircle extendedby two parallel lines. About 50 rows of seat in 3 maenaiana. In the first rows of seat, in the centre, there is a cult niche.
ORCHESTRA: 17,75 m . diameter.
STAGE BUILDING: Pulpitum 12x12 m.
LOCATION: Aventicum is in modern Avenches, 35 klm. west of Bern.
MY BEDSIDE TABLE: Sear, Frank; “Roman theatres: an architectural study”. Oxford University Press, 2006.// Ciancio Rossetto, Paola; Giuseppina Pisani Sartorio (eds); Teatri Greci e Romani: alle origini del linguaggio rappresentato. Rome: SEAT, 1995. // Landes, Christian (Ed.); “Le gout du theatre a Rome et en Gaule romaine”. Musée de Lattes, 1989. // Fellmann, Rudolf; “La Suisse Gallo-Romaine”. Laussane, Editions Payot, 1992.
OUT OF PRINT: It´s a typical cult Gallo-Roman theatre, associated with a temple (150 m. north-west). 400 m . west of the theatre is an impressive roman amphitheatre for 14.000 spectators.
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