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Built from the 1C AD, it has, like the Greek theatre, taken advantage of the configuration of the terrain, at least for one of the hemicycles, which is hewn directly out of the rock. The function of the rectangular cavity that in the centre of the arena and is linked to the entrance by a moat was to store material. The water used for nauchmachiae and to clean the arena after the combatants' bloody exit was kept in a basin on the right of the pre-Norman chapel, San Nicolò dei Cordari.
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Things to see and donearby
- The Green Guide147 m - Viale Paradiso, 96100 Siracusa
- The Green Guide384 m - Via Giulio E. Rizzo, 96100 Siracusa
- The Green Guide385 m - Via Giulio E. Rizzo, 96100 Siracusa
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Where to sleepnearby
- From €102Belvilla by OYO Syracuse Stella Apartment104 m - 96100 Syracuse
- From €60MOMENTO-TEATRO GRECO139 m - Via del Paradiso 2, 96100 Syracuse
- From €40Appartamento Astrea226 m - Via Basento 18, 96100 Syracuse
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Where to eatnearby
- Il TrancioAround€15257 m - Via Basento, 16, 96100 Siracusa
- Ai Grani AntichiAround€20293 m - Viale Giuseppe Agnello, 7, 96100 Siracusa
- Locanda Colibrì Don TuruzzuAround€27444 m - Via Garigliano, 15, 96100 Siracusa
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