🏛️ Underground Flavian Neronian Amphitheater of Pozzuoli, Naples.1st century A.D. 🦁🗡️
🏺 In the basement, located about 7 meters deep, we can still see parts of the gears for lifting the cages that brought the wild beasts to the arena for the fights with the gladiators and other scenography elements for the shows.
A direct connection with the Flegrean aqueduct and with opposite drains made it possible to fill the amphitheater like a tank and recreate naval battles.
🏺It is undoubtedly one of the most important testimonies of Roman times in Campania (Pozzuoli) the third largest ever built after the Colosseum in Rome and the Campanian amphitheatre in Capua. Dating back to the second half of the 1st century A.D., the Amphitheatre of Pozzuoli was built during the reigns of the emperors Nero, Vespasian and Titus with the same objective as the Colosseum: to host large shows and entertain the population.
🏺 Capable of seating up to 40,000 people on three levels of tiers, the majestic amphitheatre boasted four main entrances, a large arena suitable for all kinds of performances and spacious underground areas that today, after decades of excavations, represent the best preserved part of the entire structure.
🏺 Basement extra info
It was in the amphitheatre's basement, 7 metres below ground level, that the magic happened: through an elaborate system of gears and pulleys, animals, people and scenery could be brought to the surface, while a direct connection to the Phlegrean aqueduct and well-designed drains made it possible to fill the structure with water and empty it with great speed.
📍 Location : Corso Nicola Terracciano, 75, 80078 Pozzuoli (NA)
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