Roman Theatre

The Roman Theater was built towards the end of the 1st century BC. and is located on the slopes of the San Pietro hill, facing the Roman urban center beyond the Adige river.

It was crowned, on the top of the hill, by a temple, the remains of which were found in 1851 during the excavation for the foundations of Castel San Pietro.

The complex extended with successive terraces from the river bank to the top of the hill (about 150 m wide by 107 m deep, with a height difference of about 60 metres).
At least from the 10th century, houses and churches were built on its remains, which over time completely covered the auditorium and the stage building.

The load-bearing walls made of tuff blocks remain of the stage building; three doors opened towards the stage for the actors to exit; under the stage in the stage pit are the arrangements for raising and lowering the curtain.
The semicircular plane of the orchestra extends in front of the stage.
The steps of the auditorium, resting in the center on the slope of the hill and at the sides on radial support structures, were largely rebuilt at the beginning of the twentieth century.
Above the cavea there was a gallery, with a series of small arches now partly reconstructed on a terrace (loggia with arches).

In the summer period the theater hosts the traditional Veronese Teatrale Festival and other events, and is therefore set up with a modern stage to allow the scheduled shows to take place.