Teatro de Carthago Nova

Today: Teatro romano de Cartagena, Cartagena

Place: Carthago Nova (Cartagena)
Kind: Theatre
Built: 5 to 1 BCE
What remains: Ruins
Visiting: Open to visit · In situ

The theatre of the city, built between the years 5 and 1 BCE on the slope of the Concepción hill, holding some six thousand. That it existed at all was unknown until the 20th century: it appeared in 1988 under the old town, with a late Roman market, a cathedral and houses built over it. Today it is entered through a museum that descends to the cavea.

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