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Piazza dell'Anfiteatro

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Title	Piazza dell'Anfiteatro
View	The north flank
Work Type	complexes sites (locations) historic sites open spaces squares (open spaces) piazzas (squares)
Style/Period	Late Republican
Subject.work	architectural exteriors cityscapes City planning Roman Empire commercial
Country	Italy
City	Lucca
State/Province	Tuscany
Architectural Material	stone
Technique	construction (assembling)
Dates	ca. 89 BCE (creation)
Photographer	Gilchrist, Scott
Date Photographed	10/14/1997
Subject Information	Roman Luca was founded as a Latin colony in 180 BC and became a municipium in 89 BC. The grid plan of the Roman nucleus , centred on the cardo and decumanus that crossed at the forum (near the present Piazza S Michele), is still discernible in the south-western part of the city. Heavy walls enclosed the city on four sides, wider on the north to include the Roman theatre (near S Agostino). The amphitheatre (Anfiteatro Romano), also to the north, remained outside the walls; its elliptical form is preserved in the Piazza dell'Anfiteatro.
Information.source	Grove Art Online; http://www.oxfordartonline.com/
Credit Line	copyright Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.
Collection Title	Archivision (architecture, urban design, gardens, landscapes and public art); Archivision (architecture, urban design, gardens, landscapes and public art)
Collection information	Collection administered by the Visual Resources manager, Architecture Library, (402) 472-1193