Bordeaux. palais Gallien

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Palace Gallen (Gallic palace, also called amphitheater Bordeaux) today is the ruins of the magnificent amphitheater, which could accommodate up to 15 thousand viewers. The amphitheater was built in the II. and currently is the only surviving building of Burdigala - the city of Gallo-Roman era, the site of which grew the modern Bordeaux. The amphitheater was built on the outskirts of Burdigala, the size of his arena, as it was possible to establish on the ruins of 70 to 47 m, and the size of the building -. 130 to 110 m masonry was used in its construction, which alternated bricks and stones, also used the overlap of tree. According to one version, the amphitheater was built for the visit to the city of the Roman emperor Caracalla, who ruled at the beginning of III century. Construction of the amphitheater is also mentioned in connection with the name of another emperor - Gaul, but he ruled later, in the middle of the III century.