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Colosseum 1.0
The Teatro di Marcello (Marcellus's Theater) was the original Roman amphitheater
The Colosseum may have been the biggest, but the Theater of Marcellus was there first, and it served as the model for the later, more famous stadium.
It’s only open one day a year, but you can always admire its curving wall in the three classical orders (Doric, Ionic, Corinthian), as the oft-photographed trio of fluted columns suggesting the corner of an temple that once stood next-door.
You can also admire Roman ingenuity throughout the ages here: there's a medieval apartment block grafted right onto the top of the ancient theater's curve (this is true of most of the old city, it's just usually visible only in basements).
Via del Teatro di Marcello
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