Ancient Epidaurus little theater

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• Y.H.

  29 March 2021

  The little theater of the ancient city of Epidaurus is a small size theater (800 seats), located at the archaeological site of Epidaurus, 10 km northeast to its "big brother", the big Amphitheater of Epidauros, and 500 m from village Palaia Epidavros.
  The theater was covered with soil for many years until it was discovered about fifty years ago, in the 70s. The archaeological excavations were conducted at the site under the guidance of the famous Greek archaeologist, Evangelia Deilaki who was an urban planner and the director of the Ephorate of Antiquities of Argolida.
  
  The excavations were resumed in the 90s and have been accompanied by reconstruction and site promotion activities of the Committee for the Conservation of the Monuments of Epidaurus (CCME), works that have revealed the theater in its Roman form and take place till nowadays.
  
  In recent years the theater has returned to use (under tight restrictions) and it occasionally hosts performances as part of the Epidaurus festival.

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• Sian Gore-Browne

  09 October 2020

  Ancient history rediscovered.. On the doorstep

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• Ioannis Paisis

  26 September 2020

  The construction of the theater began in the 4th century BC and continued in Hellenistic times, while modifications were made in Roman times. The theater was dedicated to the god Dionysus and had an initial capacity of 2000 spectators while in its current state, due to the destruction of the upper seats had a capacity of 1000. Its existence was not known, because it was covered by soil and was discovered in 1970.

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• Luigi

  06 August 2020

  Very well organized, seats, lights and all the rest

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• KENAN DOĞRUYOL

  12 July 2020

  Amazing but so hot in july

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