AMPHITHEATRE monumental entrance

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Name: AMPHITHEATRE monumental entrance
Type: Amphitheatre
Art_classification: Roman
civilization: Roman
Historic Period: early first century AC
integrity: partial
Country: Italy
Region: Umbria
Location: Assisi
satellite coordinates: 43.071043,12.620393
description language: english
Current use: public-private space

On the Southern side, in a private court yard, there are three impressive pillars on parallelepiped basements, which are situated 3 metres from each other: they are well preserved, made of big overlapping blocks and rustic ashlars.

One of them is reclined downstream, probably because of an earthquake around the year One Thousand. There are some other remains all around: corridors, fragments of steps, concrete walls, which clearly indicate that this was one of the monumental entrances to the amphitheatre.