Antiquity
Odeon of Philippopolis
The smaller of Philippopolis's two antique theatres, built between the 2nd and 5th centuries. It began as a bouleuterion — the meeting house of the city council — seating about 350, and was later remodelled into a theatre. Restored in 2004, it stands beside the Roman Forum.
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The Odeon stood at the corner of the Roman forum — council chamber and small roofed theatre at once, where politics and the stage shared one roof.
- Built
- 2nd c. AD
- Seats
- 300–350
- Found
- 1988
Council and concert hall
The Odeon was built in the 2nd century AD under Emperor Hadrian, at the north-eastern corner of the forum. It served as a bouleuterion — the house of the city council — and as a roofed odeon for music and performance, passing through four building phases down to the 4th century.
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The rectangular hall held between 300 and 350 spectators on stepped seating. The two-storey stage building (skene) carried Corinthian elements, and the orchestra, at first horseshoe-shaped, later became semicircular with a marble floor.
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The building was destroyed around 250–251 in the Gothic invasions. It was rediscovered in 1988 by the archaeologists Z. Dimitrov and Maya Martinova, declared a monument of national significance in 1995, and conserved in 2002 with the support of the Leventis Foundation. Partly restored, it can be seen beside the forum.
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Antiquity
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Source trail: Wikipedia — Odeon of Philippopolis ↗Current status
Publicly documented archaeological or ancient site within Plovdiv’s urban fabric.
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ancient Roman odeon in Plovdiv, Bulgaria
- Type
- odeon
- Location
- Plovdiv
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Publicly documented archaeological or ancient site within Plovdiv’s urban fabric.
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- 42.14361, 24.75040 · wikidata_coordinate
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