Rome
Teatro di Marcello
Still Entertaining the Public
Piazza Monte Savello, 30
Rome, 00186
Nearest Train: Spagna
Phone: +39 06 6861570
The origins of this theatre run back to 23 BCE, when Augustus had it built in honor of Marcus Claudius Marcellus, his nephew and adopted son. The theatre had space for 20,000 people, and was used for games and celebrations. The construction fell into ruin during the following centuries due to plunder and fire: in fact it became a sort of quarry from which materials were taken for the construction of buildings, churches and so forth. Restoration began in about 1300 when the Savelli family bought the ruins. The same family performed further work two centuries later, and this was continued by the Orsini who acquired the complex in order to enlarge their own building: they restored part of the theatre. Today, concerts are organized here, and this is the only way of seeing it from the inside.
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