Aquincum Civil Amphitheatre, Budapest, Hungary

Aquincum Civil Amphitheatre is an ancient structure in Budapest, the lesser of two located in Obuda. The other is the Aquincum Military Amphitheatre. It was built between 250 AD and 300 AD. South of the western gate is an inscription of the Greek goddess Nemesis also known as Rhamnousia/Rhamnusia.

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Stephen Rubenstein (2 years ago)
Beautiful Aquinicum amphitheatre which was built around 145, during the reign of emperor Antoninus Pius. It's free to visit. I actually preferred this to the bigger ruins next to the Aquinicum museum.

Henrik Dahl Jensen (2 years ago)
Well overlooked sight in Budapest. Small snd open area that should be seen when in Budapest.

Paolo Tomasi (2 years ago)
Ruins of a small military amphitheatre from Roman times. Visible at all hours, it is very close to the metro/suburban rail line to Szentendre

Kristis LTU (3 years ago)
Its a provincial type of amphitheater and quite well preserved and a bit restored. Highly recommended. Spend some time there. Locals tend to take their dogs there, but its clean and thankfuly there is very little damage by grafittists, so thats great. Overall, site is completely unprotected, which is rather sad. Its free to visit

istvan moldovan (4 years ago)
Nice, historic air

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