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Continuously open to the public holidays in June and December 8th from 10.00 to 18.00

The Roman Theatre of Cartagena will open at midday to 18.00 10.00 to provide the opportunity to visit the monument to those travelers visiting the city on the bridge of the Constitution and the Immaculate.

The cultural tour starts at the Museum, whose entrance is located at the Plaza del Ayuntamiento, and takes visitors to the interior of the monument, ending with grandstand views of the Theatre.

During this journey, you will discover the corridor of history, through the selection of artifacts recovered during the excavation as well as graphic and audiovisual documentation.

It also has great interest in raising awareness of the historical process which meant hiding the Roman theater until its discovery.

Thanks to the height of the first room, located inside the Museum, has been able to recreate the first or rden of the scenic facade with original features.

The Corinthian capitals carved in Carrara marble reproduce the models developed in architecture Urbs officer, in the years preceding the change was.

The second room, the larger, enters the traveler in knowledge of the functions of theater in antiquity, as well as its recreational function, the building stage was the architectural setting perfect for political propaganda and religious Emperor.

Furthermore, this second room connects with the base runner of the Church of Santa Maria La Vieja where housing is preserved Roman mosaic amortized by the construction of the theater, and the terracing walls of the early church and other thirteenth century medieval remains.

Finally, visitors can also enjoy the temporary exhibition of González Beltrán, one of the most important sculptors of the arts of the past decades.

Under the name of sculptures, the exhibition allows an approach through the most characteristic types and figures of the sculptor, connected by links subtle but full of meaning as the myths, the human propensity to face impossible challenges or multiple meanings domains associated with the feminine and, above all, to motherhood.

Source: Ayuntamiento de Cartagena