La Fenice Archaeological Area

From Porta Mazzini, in front of a large parking lot, you walk along the ancient walls and reach a site that certifies the ancient origin of the city, the Archaeological Area and the La Fenice Museum between Pisacane, Battisti and Leopardi streets.
Underneath the modern La Fenice Theater you can enter a distant era by following the path of the Archaeological Area, which houses artifacts dating back to Roman times.

Provided with inviting soft lighting, the archaeological area includes an entrance to the gardens under the bastion of San Martino, the sixteenth-century city walls. You go down a few steps, a slight slope and you will find yourself back over 2000 years.
The site was part of the Roman colony that settled on the lands of the Senones in the third century BC. Two Roman roads, minor cardo and decumanus, intersect each other and bear evident signs of passing wagons; the four blocks at the crossroads recall a large late Republican domus, a row of tabernae, a fountain and a cobbled square respectively.
In the Middle Ages the site became a burial ground of the then Church of San Martino.

Free Admission