Still drawing this one…Ancora un attimo, la stiamo disegnando…Einen Moment, wir zeichnen sie noch…
The imposing Palazzo Vecchio was born on the ruins of the Roman Theatre of Florentia. Just a few steps downstairs and you find yourself back in ancient Rome! The theatre could host 10 thousand people, with a diameter of about 100 meters; the cavea headed towards piazza Signoria, the scene towards via de’ Leoni. It was built immediately after the foundation of the colony named Florentia and then enlarged, at the beginning of the second century a.C., as the city significantly grew. Unlike the anphitheatre located in Santa Croce district, this one was basically used to stage prose theatre until the 5th century.
Text from FeelFlorence (en), the official tourism portal of the Comune di Firenze and the Citta Metropolitana di Firenze; shortened