L’archaeological area represents the first nucleus of the Archaeological Park of ancient Abella and encloses the only monument currently visitable of the Roman city. The amphitheater, whose depiction appears on the side of a limestone statue base from the Antonine age now preserved in the square in front of the Ducal Palace in the historic center of Avella, was built in the 1st century BC in the southeastern sector of the ancient city, in an area previously already occupied by residential structures from the Samnite period. The monument, in reticulated work, was built against the city’s defensive walls and supported, in the southwestern sector, by substructures intended to hold the media and summa cavea, the latter not preserved.
Information about the Archaeological Area of the Amphitheater of Avella
Via dell’Anfiteatro
83021 Avella (Avellino)
0818251044
sar-cam.avella@beniculturali.it
https://www.archeosa.beniculturali.it
Source: MIBACT
