Roman Theatre of Arles Review

The Arles Roman Theatre is a Roman-style open-air amphitheatre built in the late 1st century AD and now has only a few pillars and a few ruins. Similar to the ancient Roman theaters in many cities, it was once a large theater that often gathered people, and now it still often hosts some performances.

The ancient theater is also a legacy of the Roman period of the building, semi-open-air nature, will also hold some performances regularly, tickets need to be purchased separately, the theater can see many ancient architectural relics of the Roman period, well preserved.

Ancient Roman theatres, buildings thousands of years ago, are very spectacular, and they are still in use, which is quite remarkable. The theatre is enclosed and it requires a fee to enter. We took pictures outside. The ticket office is in a small house on the street. It seems that few people buy tickets, and foreigners are outside. The theatre is not far from the ancient arena, and you can see the arena in a few minutes'walk.

This is equivalent to the function of modern cinema. In the past, there were many plays such as parody, mime, stage play and so on. They were entertainment resorts in ancient Rome. The area is very large, although it looks very old, but still can feel its prosperity in that year.

After the Roman reign, the opera house was abandoned, and the people collected the stone materials of the opera house, built houses and monasteries, causing it to suffer serious damage. Today, the ancient Roman opera house only has staircases and some stone pillars, and now two marble pillars in the center of the stage. The staircase seats were reduced from 10,000 to 2,000 for the remaining two original Roman opera houses. The 19th century government restored the excavated pillars and stone piers. All the debris found at the time was left behind, and it is now repaired. At that time, the opera house was a rectangle with walls on three sides, more than 70 columns, and a ceiling on it, which was tilted downward to ensure the pick-up.