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Archaeological site · Pietravairano (CE)

Temple and Theatre of San Nicola

  • Visit: about 1 h 30 min
  • 391 m
Temple and Theatre of San Nicola
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On Monte San Nicola in Pietravairano, a rare Roman complex combining temple and theatre, rediscovered in 2000.

On a spur of Monte San Nicola, at about 520 metres, lies one of the most surprising sites in the Caserta area: the temple and theatre of San Nicola at Pietravairano, a structure in which a sacred building and an ancient theatre are merged into a single complex. It was inaugurated in the Republican era and then forgotten for centuries.We love the story of its rediscovery, which happened by chance in 2000 thanks to a local scholar on a paragliding flight. Since 2002 the site has been restored to make it open to visitors. We suggest sitting on the semicircular cavea, which could hold about two thousand spectators, and looking for the base of the temple with its inner plan.

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