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The Roman Amphitheatre at Xanten (Germany)

Posted by leafworks on March 31st, 2009 filed in Archaeology, statues, folklore, weapons, artifacts, Ancient Rome, Ancient Germania, Xanten, Amphitheatre

The Amphitheatre
LVR-Archaeological Park Xanten / LVR-RömerMuseum
* Trajanstraße 4, 46509 Xanten, Germany * Phone: +49 (0) 28 01 / 712 – 0 * apx@lvr.de * http://www.apx.de/english/archaeologicalpark/rec_buildings/amphitheatre.htm
The Amphitheatre
During the Roman occupation, their engineers built a new type of building where they could entertain their citizens with spectacular performances: A theatre enclosed on both sides (Greek: amphi-theatre). The […]

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Xanten Archaeological Park (Germany)

Posted by leafworks on March 31st, 2009 filed in Archaeology, statues, folklore, weapons, artifacts, Ancient Rome, Ancient Germania, Xanten, Museums, Temples, Amphitheatre

Xanten Archaeological Park
LVR-Archaeological Park Xanten
* Trajanstraße 4, 46509 Xanten, Germany * Phone: +49 (0) 28 01 / 712 – 0 * apx@lvr.de * http://www.apx.de/
* Adults: EUR 5.00 * Children (over the age of six): EUR 2.50 * Disabled people: EUR 4.00 * Students, apprentices: EUR 4.00
The LVR-Archaeological Park Xanten resides on the site […]

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