 View of the amphitheatre | |
| Location | Tarragona, Spain |
|---|---|
| Region | Hispania Tarraconensis |
| Coordinates | 41°6′53″N 1°15′33.50″E / 41.11472°N 1.2593056°E |
| Type | Roman amphitheatre |
| Official name | Amphitheatre, basilica, and Romanesque church |
| Type | Cultural |
| Criteria | ii, iii |
| Designated | 2000 (24th session) |
| Part of | Archaeological Ensemble of Tárraco |
| Reference no. | 875-007 |
| Region | Europe and North America |
| Area | 1 ha (0.0039 sq mi) |
| Buffer zone | 8 ha (0.031 sq mi) |
| Official name | Anfiteatro |
| Type | Non-movable |
| Criteria | Monument |
| Designated | 5 August 1924 |
| Reference no. | RI-51-0000298 |
The Roman Amphitheatre of Tarraco is a Roman amphitheatre in the Roman colonia of Tarraco –present-day Tarragona, Spain–, capital of the Roman province of Hispania Tarraconensis. It was built in the 2nd century AD near the local forum. It measured 130 by 102 metres (427 ft × 335 ft), and it could house up to 15,000 spectators. It was used for gladiatorial fights and combats between beasts or men and beasts.
Currently in ruins, it is part of the Archaeological Ensemble of Tárraco that was declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 2000.[1]
- ^ The public structures of Roman Tarraco are extensively discussed in Duncan Fishwick, The Imperial Cult in the Latin West