Roman Theatre of Orange

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World Heritage Site ancient Roman theatre monument historique

The Roman Theatre of Orange is an exceptionally well-preserved ancient Roman theatre in southern France, renowned for its monumental stage wall and continued use as a performance venue.

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Observed surface forms (6)

Surface form	Occurrences
Roman Theatre and its Surroundings and the Triumphal Arch of Orange	3
Roman Theatre and its Surroundings and the “Triumphal Arch” of Orange	2
Roman Theatre and surroundings in Orange	1
Roman theatre	1
UNESCO World Heritage Site "Roman Theatre and its Surroundings and the "Triumphal Arch" of Orange"	1
UNESCO World Heritage Site (Roman Theatre and its surroundings and the Triumphal Arch of Orange)	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	World Heritage Site ⓘ ancient Roman theatre ⓘ monument historique ⓘ
architecturalStyle	Roman architecture ⓘ
builtDuringReignOf	Augustus ⓘ
capacity	approximately 9,000 spectators ⓘ
conservationStatus	well preserved ⓘ
constructedInCentury	1st century AD ⓘ
constructionEnd	around AD 25 ⓘ
constructionStart	early 1st century AD ⓘ
coordinateLatitude	44.135 ⓘ
coordinateLongitude	4.807 ⓘ
country	France ⓘ
currentUse	performance venue ⓘ tourist attraction ⓘ
elevation	about 60 metres above sea level ⓘ
foundedBy	Romans ⓘ
hasEvent	Chorégies d’Orange ⓘ
hasPart	cavea ⓘ orchestra ⓘ scaenae frons ⓘ stage building ⓘ stage wall ⓘ tiers of seating ⓘ vomitoria ⓘ
heritageDesignation	UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ monument historique of France ⓘ
locatedIn	Orange (France) ⓘ surface form: Orange, Vaucluse, France
locatedInAncientCity	Arausio ⓘ
locatedInRegion	Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur ⓘ Southern France ⓘ surface form: southern France
materialUsed	stone ⓘ
notableFeature	exceptionally well-preserved stage wall ⓘ monumental scaenae frons ⓘ one of the best-preserved Roman theatres ⓘ
openToPublic	true ⓘ
ownedBy	City of Orange ⓘ
partOf	Roman Theatre of Orange self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: UNESCO World Heritage Site "Roman Theatre and its Surroundings and the "Triumphal Arch" of Orange"
primaryLanguageOfSignage	French ⓘ
tourismType	cultural tourism ⓘ
UNESCOInscriptionYear	1981 ⓘ
UNESCOSiteCategory	Cultural ⓘ
UNESCOSiteCriteria	(iii) ⓘ (vi) ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageSiteId	163 ⓘ
usedFor	concerts ⓘ festivals ⓘ opera performances ⓘ theatrical performances ⓘ

Referenced by (16)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur → containsUNESCOSite → Roman Theatre of Orange ⓘ

this entity surface form: Roman Theatre and its Surroundings and the “Triumphal Arch” of Orange

Orange → hasLandmark → Roman Theatre of Orange ⓘ

Arausio → hasNotableStructure → Roman Theatre of Orange ⓘ

Orange (France) → hasTouristAttraction → Roman Theatre of Orange ⓘ

Vaucluse → hasUNESCOSite → Roman Theatre of Orange ⓘ

this entity surface form: Roman Theatre and its Surroundings and the “Triumphal Arch” of Orange

department of Vaucluse → hasUNESCOWorldHeritageSite → Roman Theatre of Orange ⓘ

subject surface form: Vaucluse

this entity surface form: Roman Theatre and surroundings in Orange

Orange → hasWorldHeritageSite → Roman Theatre of Orange ⓘ

Arausio → heritageDesignation → Roman Theatre of Orange ⓘ

this entity surface form: UNESCO World Heritage Site (Roman Theatre and its surroundings and the Triumphal Arch of Orange)

Arles → knownFor → Roman Theatre of Orange ⓘ

this entity surface form: Roman theatre

Triumphal Arch of Orange → locatedNear → Roman Theatre of Orange ⓘ

Orange (France) → notableFor → Roman Theatre of Orange ⓘ

Orange (France) → notableStructure → Roman Theatre of Orange ⓘ

Roman Theatre of Orange → partOf → Roman Theatre of Orange self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: UNESCO World Heritage Site "Roman Theatre and its Surroundings and the "Triumphal Arch" of Orange"

Triumphal Arch of Orange → partOf → Roman Theatre of Orange ⓘ

this entity surface form: Roman Theatre and its Surroundings and the Triumphal Arch of Orange

Orange (France) → unescoListing → Roman Theatre of Orange ⓘ

this entity surface form: Roman Theatre and its Surroundings and the Triumphal Arch of Orange

Orange → worldHeritageListing → Roman Theatre of Orange ⓘ

this entity surface form: Roman Theatre and its Surroundings and the Triumphal Arch of Orange