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Roman Anphitheatre
The amphitheatre is located close to the Theatre and both are joined by a short passage. This building has been built in the centre of a knoll, in the slopes of the hill San AlbÃn. It has an elliptical form, with the arena in Latin cross plan and it could hold up to 14, 000 people.
The structure of the building is built with cement, masonry and granite. It has 16 gates, two stalls and two boxes located in the axis of the ellipse. It is completely uncovered and delimited by the ellipse of the arena, the cavea (divided into ima, media and summa cavea), the entrances, the staircases and the rest of the supplementary areas, without forgetting the cross- shape pit located in the centre and where the wild animals went out. The gladiators´ fights took place here.
I was reformed in times of the Flavian Dynasty or perhaps in Trajan times.
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Address and telephone number
Telephone number: +34 924312024
Opening times
1 July to 15 September: From 9:30 a.m. to 7:15 p.m.
16 September to 30 June: From 9:30 a.m. to 1:45 p.m. and from 4:00 p.m. to 6:15 p.m.
The monument is closed 1 January and 24, 25 and 31 December.
Tickets and prices
Group ticket to the Theatre, Amphitheatre, Alcazaba, Casa del Mitreo (House of the Mitraeum), Centro de Interpretación, Crypt of Santa Eulalia Church, Roman Circus and Columbarios funeral area : 9 €.
Entrance to the Amphitheatre and the Theatre: 6.50 €.
Reduced price of entry: 5 € (people over 65 years old, pensioners groups with a minimum of 20 people previous engagement, Youth Card, students, children between 9 and 16 years old, with ID).
Free entry: Children under 8 years old.
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