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The Roman Theatre offers visitors a night visit to this iconic work driven by Augustus in ancient Carthago Nova.
The journey can experience firsthand in a relaxed atmosphere and exclusivity, a journey that begins at the Museum of the hand of a guide with a small group of people, discovering the keys of Roman civilization, to lead the jewel archeological Roman Theatre under the moonlight.
This activity offers two possibilities: the night visit with a guide or a dramatized visit with Aulaeum, below.
Lavisita guided Theatre under the moonlight will begin this Saturday, June 18, at 21:30 pm, and will be held on 2, 16, 30 July, 20 August and 10 September.
On the other hand, the dramatized visit Aulaeum, down the curtain, will be held Saturday June 25 at 21:30 pm also where the great Roman architect Vitruvius offer his vision of the theater and end of the trip will reencontrarás with classical theater Plautus hand.
The cost of visits is 10 euros and can be purchased at the resorts of the city.
Information and reservations 968 50 48 02-968 50 00 93
The museum tour starts with the Museum, whose entrance is located in the Town Hall Square opposite the Town Hall, and is a trip back in time through its exhibition halls culminating with the unexpected appearance of imposing stands of the Roman Theatre.
In the route it has been great interest in publicizing the historical process that meant the occultation of the Roman theater until its discovery.
After passing the gates of the museum, visitors will find the Corridor of History.
It describes the evolution of the solar urban theater explained from century to century BC, both illustrated with a selection of artifacts recovered from the excavation as graphic and audiovisual documentation.
The corridor leads directly into a large room seven meters high, Room 1, which serves as a perfect frame for exposing the elements that make up the monumental architecture of the theater of Cartagena.
Through an escalator leads to the second room, the larger the museum.
This room allows visitors adentrase knowledge of the functions of theater in antiquity, as well as its recreational function the theater building was the perfect architectural framework for political and religious propaganda of the emperor.
Ward 2 connects with the corridor beneath the church Santa Maria la Vieja, where housing is preserved Roman mosaic amortized by the construction of the theater as well as terracing walls of the early thirteenth century church and other medieval remains.
This corridor also has a fundamental mission for the architect to prepare the visitor for contemplation that will at the end of its course: a complete view of theater, as magnificent as unexpected.
In addition, visitors can enjoy the temporary exhibition Piranesi, the rediscovery of Rome, an exhibition conceived from the special relationship between antiquity which the Roman Theatre in Cartagena exemplification and work of Piranesi, for its essential role in the rediscovery of Rome itself.
From June 16 will be held every Thursday in June and July at 19:00 pm free guided tours to the exhibition.
Curated by Nacho Ruiz, the exhibition also wants to take one of the great masters of art history one of the great buildings of antiquity, an exhibition of high aesthetic value but also a scientist.
Visitors can immerse themselves in the history and evolution of the technique for etching to photolithography, where a series of steps built on the drypoint and lithography in which the expressive possibilities opens up a range of very suggestive possibilities, which is reflected in the aesthetic evolution.
An ordered chronologically block allows visitors to discover those decisive steps to the art of print and lithography step in the XIX.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Cartagena
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