Theatre, Rome

Name: Theatre
Address: Rome, Italy

#883 among attractions in Rome

Concerts and shows, Theater

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The Roman theater at Ostia was built in the Augustan age and remodeled in the late second century. In the numbering given to Ostian buildings by postwar excavators it corresponds to II,VII,2. It was built in the area that in the Republican age had been demarcated for public use by the urban praetor of Rome along the Tiber, east of the walls of the Republican castrum. In the Augustan phase it could accommodate 3,000 spectators, which became 4,000 after reconstruction.

Alternative names: Coordinates: 41°45'21"N, 12°17'29"E

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Theatre – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Ostia Antica, Santa Aurea, Ostia Antica, Baths at Ostia.

~1150 ftSW
Remains of an ancient Roman city
Ostia Antica, Rome
6 min walk • Ostia Antica is an evocative archaeological site located near the city of Rome, Italy. Once a bustling commercial port, it served as the gateway to the ancient Roman Empire, connecting trade routes across the Mediterranean.
0.6 miNE
Church
Santa Aurea, Rome
15 min walk • The Basilica of Santa Aurea is a church situated in the Ostia Antica district of Ostia, Italy. Ostia became an episcopal see as early as the 3rd century AD. The present-day church, completed in 1483, it was the seat of the suburbicarian diocese of Ostia until 1966, when Ostia became part of the diocese of Rome.
0.5 miNE
Forts and castles
Ostia Antica, Rome
14 min walk • Ostia Antica is the 35th zona of Rome, Italy, four kilometers away from the coast. It is identified by the initials Z. XXXV and it is distinct from Ostia. Ostia Antica belongs to Municipio X.
~870 ftSW
Archaeological site, Ancient Roman architecture
Baths at Ostia, Ostia
5 min walk • The Forum Baths at Ostia, otherwise known as the Thermae Gavii Maximi, are named after Marcus Gavius Maximus, who was the praetorian prefect for 20 years. The baths were intended for public use in Ostia Antica. and like many other thermae, created as a gift to the public and were therefore free.
0.5 miS
Synagogue
Ostia Synagogue, Rome
13 min walk • The Ostia Synagogue is an ancient synagogue located in ancient Ostia, the seaport of Imperial Rome. It is one of the oldest synagogues in the world, the oldest synagogue in Europe and the oldest mainstream Jewish synagogue yet uncovered outside Israel.
0.6 miE
City
Gabii, Rome
15 min walk • Gabii was an ancient city of Latium, located 18 km due east of Rome along the Via Praenestina, which was in early times known as the Via Gabina.
~260 ftNW
Ruins
Piazzale delle Corporazioni, Rome
2 min walk • The Forum of Corporations, or the Piazzale delle Corporazioni, was the principal center of commerce and trade for the Roman Empire mainly during the Age of Augustus.
0.6 miNE
41°45'33"N • 12°18'4"E
Castello di Giulio II, Rome
15 min walk • Forts and castles
~1060 ftW
Museum, Museum district
Museo Archeologico Ostiense, Rome
6 min walk • The Museo Archeologico Ostiense is an archaeological museum dedicated to the ancient Roman city of Ostia in Rome, Italy. The museum was built by Pope Pius IX, who in 1865 had to readapt a fifteenth-century building used as a store to create a city museum.
0.7 miW
41°45'9"N • 12°16'40"E
Tor Boacciana, Rome
19 min walk • Historical place, Observation decks and towers, Memorial
~1080 ftSW
Ruins
Capitolium, Rome
6 min walk • The Capitolium is a Roman temple located in the archaeological area of Ostia, Rome. The building is clearly visible, as it stands above all other ruins, and is positioned at the area formerly occupied by the forum, at the intersection of the cardo...

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Which popular attractions are close to Theatre?

Nearby attractions include Piazzale delle Corporazioni, Rome (2 min walk), Barracks of the Vigiles, Rome (3 min walk), Baths at Ostia, Ostia (5 min walk), Museo Archeologico Ostiense, Rome (6 min walk).

How to get to Theatre by public transport?

The nearest stations to Theatre:

Bus

Romagnoli/Calza • Lines: 04, C13, C19, C4 (10 min walk)
Romagnoli/Scavi Ostia Antica • Lines: 011, 018, 04, C13, C19, C4, n3 (12 min walk)

Light rail

Ostia Antica • Lines: Fc2 (15 min walk)
Lido Nord • Lines: Fc2 (29 min walk)