Entertainment sights in Verona
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Roman Theatre
Across Ponte Pietra, north of the city centre, is a Roman Theatre, built in the 1st century. The bridge is a quiet but remarkable testament to the Italians' love of their artistic heritage. The two arches on the left date from the Roman Republican era (1st century BC), while the other three were replaced in the 13th century. Then in 1945, retreating German troops blew the bridge. The Veronese fished the stonework out of the river and painstaking rebuilt the bridge in the 1950s.
The theatre itself, cunningly carved into the hillside at a strategic spot overlooking a bend in the river in the 1st century BC was once three times as high as what remains today.
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