Tours Amphitheatre
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The Tours amphitheatre is a Roman amphitheatre located in the historic city centre of Tours, France, immediately behind the well known Tours cathedral. It was built in the 1st century when the city wa
Galery of the west vomitorium
The inner wall of the amphitheatre's main vomitorium. The junction between the original wall (lighter stone) and the expansion (darker stone) is evident.
Close-up of the original vomitorium entrance. Note the basic arc and the top of a pier (molded marquee).
Outer stairs of the Tours amphitheatre were likely similar to this well-preserved Amphitheatre of Pompeii
Capua
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Capua is a city and comune in the province of Caserta, in the region of Campania, southern Italy, located on the northeastern edge of the Campanian plain on the Volturno river. The town was founded af
Tours Amphitheatre
…its final state, the amphitheater of Tours was among the greatest of the Roman Empire with dimensions comparable structures of Autun, Italica (Spain), Capua (Italy) and Carthage (Tunisia); cities whose political weight and height significantly overshadowed those of Caesarodonum. One theory was a desire for…
Capua