This August, the Roman Theater of Cartagena‘driven by Emperor Augustus himself’ -which gives the month its name- implements its activity with a good number of themed routes and visits in collaboration with Cartagena Puerto de Culturas, each day a Story…
The Roman Theater in summer has a time opening from Tuesday to Saturday from 10:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. and Sunday from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. With a special opening on the August bridge that will open on Monday 15 from 10:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m., and on Sunday 14 the hours are extended until 8:00 p.m. The museum tour begins at the Museum and involves a journey through time through its exhibition halls that culminates with the unexpected appearance of the imposing stands of the Roman Theatre.
You can also enjoy this summer the Exhibition Temporal Spain Pictum. For the first time, the exhibition brings together the theme of figurative representations in Hispania’s Roman painting with works from both public spaces, such as the Roman Theater of Cartagena itself, and private spaces, house and villageplaces of residence of the wealthy class. Representations of divinities, heroes, scenes of daily life, allegories or fantastic animals, decorated the rooms in order to convey an idea and create a unique atmosphere in each space. It brings together various works on loan from various museums such as the Barcelona City History Museum, the Valencia City History Museum, the Albacete Museum, the Segovia Archaeological Museum, the Murcia Archaeological Museum, the Zaragoza Museum and Archaeological Museum of Lorca.
Tuesdays at 11:00 a.m. guided route Carthago Nova: Journey to the Origins. The route begins at the Roman Theater Museum to discover the splendor of Carthago Nova. You will continue through a complete Roman house, with beautiful mosaics and paintings, until you reach the Punic Wall, from where Hannibal left to face Scipio, and where you will enjoy the temporary exhibition ‘In search of lost treasures’.
On Wednesdays at 6:30 p.m. the family activity a fable theater. The participants will be able to discover, through a dynamic visit, how ancient fables and plays have come to the present day. How the books were kept and how the theatrical performances were. It is like immersing yourself in a time tunnel led by Augustus, who founded the first public libraries in Rome, to the Roman theater, where a comedy by Plautus will take place.
Thursdays and Saturdays at 11:00 a.m., guided tour treasures of rome. A guided route where the Roman treasures of the city will be explained. The route begins at the Theater Museum, and will continue through the newly opened Museum of the Roman Forum. The new route allows you to travel through the most exquisite classical art of ancient Rome, from the Muses of the marble altars of the theater to the delicate brushstrokes of the Muses of the Atrium building. From the theater to the curia, from the Roman forum to the baths.
On Fridays at 11:30 a.m. from the Roman Theater Museum you can enjoy the theatrical route Julius Caesar and the Dream City. During this theatrical visit you will learn about life in the city at the hands of the ‘divine’ Julius Caesar, beginning with the Roman theater to the Baths and the forum. Julius Caesar awarded Cartagena the meritorious name of ‘Colonia Urbs Julia Nova Carthago’. In the afternoon at 5:30 p.m. Teo Jones in Search of the Goddess Tanit, theatrical musical for children. A fun adventure led by five characters that will take you through the Roman Theater, where Teo will receive a mysterious call and, accompanied by his friends, will have to look for the Carthaginian idol, on a crazy Tourist Bus trip, until he reaches the Punic Wall with all the treasures of Indiana Jones.
On Tuesday and Saturday afternoons at 6:30 p.m. virtual visit to the Roman Theater of Cartagena: New Experiences. A guided tour of the Museum of the Roman Theater of Cartagena with virtual reality that will allow you to immerse yourself, through virtual glasses, in the old building. You can see the theater in 360 degrees as it was in its time, fly over it or see a small mime of the time.
On Sundays at 11:00 a.m., the Places of Power guided tour: from the Curia to the Theatre. The route begins at the Forum Museum, finding the Curia where Emperor Galba rose to power in the year 68 after Christ, will continue through the Temple and Priestly Seat of the Augustales, to end at the Roman Theatre, a symbol of the Empire.
On Saturdays at 9:00 p.m. nightly and dramatized visits:
The Theater Under the Moonlight. Guided visit
The visitor will make a nocturnal visit to the most emblematic work promoted by Augustus in the old Carthago Nova. The trip allows you to experience first-hand, in a relaxed and exclusive atmosphere, a tour that begins at the Roman Theater Museum with a guide, with a small group of people, discovering the keys to Roman civilization, leading to in the archaeological jewel of the Roman Theater under the moonlight.
Place: Museum of the Roman Theater. Days: August (13, 27), September (10, 24)
Time: 9:00 p.m.
Aulaeum, Down the Curtain. dramatized visit
The Roman architect Vitruvio will offer his vision of the theater with him, you will enjoy a night visit to the most emblematic work promoted by Augustus in the old Carthago Nova. The end of the trip culminates with the unexpected appearance of the imposing stands of the Roman Theater in the moonlight, there the encounter with the classical theater at the hands of Plautus.
Place: Museum of the Roman Theater. Saturdays in August (6, 20) September (3, 17). Time: 9:00 p.m.
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