The 2nd-century-BC Teatro Grande was a huge 5000-seat theatre carved into the lava mass on which Pompeii was originally built. The site hosts the annual Pompeii Theatrum Mundi, a summer season of classical theatre.
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Certosa e Museo di San Martino
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The Teatro Piccolo was once an indoor theatre renowned for its acoustics.
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