The ancient theatre of Taormina in Sicily was built in the third century BC as a Hellenistic theatre, and the article names no architect or client. It is described as one of the oldest in Magna Graecia with a curved cavea, instead of the older trapezoidal form. Remains of another Hellenistic building lie under the Roman cavea.
The Romans rebuilt it, probably around the time of Hadrian or Trajan, though the text gives no exact date. In the third century AD the orchestra became an arena and the stage was removed. The diameter is 351 feet (107 m), the capacity about 10,000, and the cavea has nine sections, with a basilica on each side of the skene.
The article gives no materials, access arrangements or damage history, and it has no infobox. The theatre is the venue for the annual Taormina Film Festival.
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