Segesta Theater
Photo: Ignazio Caloggero
Place belonging to the multiserial site: Segesta
The theater, which can be dated around the middle of the third century BC, is located on the opposite hill to that of the temple, about 440 meters high. Seven wedges divide the spectator seats. The separations are made in travertine. The horizontal division of the theater (diazoma) allowed the spectators to move from one section of the theater to another. The upper area is partially destroyed, and very little remains of the scene, which according to scholars would have been decorated with columns and pillars. The theater could accommodate over 3000 people.
Multimedia map with all interested sites: Segesta Archive
Card insertion: Ignazio Caloggero
Information contributions: Web, Region of Sicily
Photo: Ignazio Caloggero
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