Piazza Dell'anfiteatro Lucca Italy Painterly II

by Joan Carroll

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Piazza Dell'anfiteatro Lucca Italy Painterly II

Artist

Joan Carroll

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Photograph - Photography And Digital Art

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In the early morning of a late winter day, the Piazza dell'Anfiteatro in Lucca Italy was quiet, with the architecture giving just a hint of the historic function of the piazza. But the history you feel dates from only a couple of centuries ago. But in the 1st and 2nd centuries CE, things were quite different. It was here that gladiators battled in front of up to 10,000 spectators in 18 rows of seats of an open. In the sixth century, many buildings were built with the crumbling remains of the theater. The piazza took on its current form between 1830 and 1839, when architect Lorenzo Nottolini (who also designed the aquaduct and some of the city’s fountains) demolished some of the buildings crowding the inside of the arena and restored its structure by using the original elliptical plan. The base of the amphitheater is now buried about nine feet below the center, and the remaining vaults and arches have been incorporated into the modern shops, cafes, and houses that circle the plaza. Indeed, on the outside of the structure, it is easy to find some of the ancient remains incorporated into the modern walls.

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