Surrounding
The amphitheatre
COLOSSEUM
Outside the Amphitheatre was a surrounding pedestrian precinct about 17 meters wide, paved im blocks of travertine and demarcated by slab of the same material.
The paving is preserved in several places : two portions, and parts of the contiguous basalt street are visible along the eastern side ; five slabs are still in their original position, placed at regular diatancea along the perimeter of the precinct area, fixed directly into the ground without foundations.
The surrounding precinct area was discovered in 1895 during excavation works inside the Amphitheatre.
The most recent interventions, such as the pedestrianization of tge area 1979-81, the removal of the asphalt and its replacement by cobbles 2000 and the restoration of the original floor levels both outside and inside the Amphitheatre 2007-2009, have finaly established the link of continuity between the building, the original surrounding precinct area and the archaeological area of the Forum-Palatine.
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