Amphitheatre
The visible remains of an amphitheatre constructed during Roman London lie beneath Guildhall Yard in the City of London. Some of these remains are displayed in situ in a room in the basement of the Guildhall Art Gallery complex.Photo: Philafrenzy, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Archaeological site
- Description: former amphitheater in London, United Kingdom
- Also known as: “London Roman amphitheatre”, “London Roman Amphitheatre”, and “Roman amphitheatre, Guildhall Yard”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Guildhall and St Paul’s Cathedral.
Guildhall
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Guildhall is a municipal building in the City of London, England. It is off Gresham and Basinghall streets, in the wards of Bassishaw and Cheap. The current building dates from the 15th century; however documentary evidence suggests that a guildhall had existed at the site since at least the early 12th century.
St Paul’s Cathedral
Church
St Paul's Cathedral, formally the Cathedral Church of St Paul in London, is an Anglican cathedral in London, England, the seat of the Bishop of London. St Paul’s Cathedral is situated 1,700 feet southwest of Amphitheatre.
Guildhall Art Gallery
Art gallery
Photo: Elias Gayles, CC BY 2.0.
The Guildhall Art Gallery houses the art collection of the City of London, England. The museum is located in the Moorgate area of the City of London. It is a stone building in a semi-Gothic style intended to be sympathetic to the historic Guildhall, which is adjacent and to which it is connected internally.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Barbican Estate and Finsbury.
Barbican Estate
Quarter
Photo: Riodamascus, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Barbican Estate, or Barbican, is a residential complex of around 2,000 flats, maisonettes and houses in central London, England, within the City of London.
Finsbury
Suburb
Photo: Goodwillgames, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Finsbury is a district of North-Central London, forming the southeastern part of the London Borough of Islington. It borders the City of London. The Manor of Finsbury is first recorded as Vinisbir and means "manor of a man called Finn".
Amphitheatre
- Categories: Roman amphitheater, historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: City of London, Greater London, London, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.51559° or 51° 30′ 56″ northLongitude
-0.0917° or 0° 5′ 30″ westOpen location code
9C3XGW85+68OpenStreetMap ID
node 2006318145OpenStreetMap feature
historic=archaeological_siteWikidata ID
Q17675790
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Spanish—“Amphitheatre” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “圆形剧场（在地下室）”
- French: “amphithéâtre de Londres”
- French: “Amphithéâtre de Londres”
- Italian: “Anfiteatro romano di Londra”
- Spanish: “Anfiteatro romano de Londres”
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