Verona Arena

The Arena di Verona is a Roman amphitheatre in Verona, Italy, famous for the opera performances given there. It is one of the best preserved structures of its kind and it was built in 30 AD on a site which at the time was outside of the city walls. The shows and games staged there were so famous that spectators came from many other and distant places. The amphitheatre can host more than 30,000 spectators.The round façade was originally in white and pink limestone from Valpolicella, but after a major earthquake in 1117, which almost completely destroyed the outer ring, and the Arena was used as a quarry for other buildings. The first interventions to recover its functionality as a theatre were started during the Renaissance.
Thanks to its outstanding acoustics, the building lends itself to musical performances, the practice of which began in 1913. Nowadays, four productions are mounted each year between June and August.