Pula Amphitheatre
The Amphitheatre in Pula, better known as the Pula Arena, is a Roman amphitheatre located in Pula, Croatia. Constructed between 27 BC and AD 68, during the reigns of Emperors Augustus and Vespasian, the arena is one of the best-preserved ancient Roman amphitheatres in the world and the only remaining example to retain its entire circular wall structure.Photo: Jeroen Komen, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Tourist attraction
- Description: Roman amphitheater in Pula, Croatia
- Also known as: “amphitheatre of Pula”, “Arena di Pola”, and “Pula Arena”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Roman Twin gates and Archaeological Museum of Istria.
Roman Twin gates
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
The Dvojna vrata is a Roman city gate located in Pula, Croatia. It was built during the late 2nd century. Porta Gemina is a double arched gate. It was one of the ten city gates of Pula, standing at the north side of the capitol. Roman Twin gates is situated 320 metres southwest of Pula Amphitheatre.
Archaeological Museum of Istria
Museum
Photo: Orlovic, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Archaeological Museum of Istria is situated 380 metres southwest of Pula Amphitheatre.
Cathedral of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Church
Photo: Dysmachus, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Pula Cathedral or fully the Cathedral of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary is a co-cathedral in Pula, Croatia. Along with the Euphrasian Basilica it is one of the two official seats of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Poreč and Pula. Cathedral of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary is situated 480 metres west of Pula Amphitheatre.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Pula and Monte Zaro.
Pula
Photo: Poco a poco, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Pula, also known as Pola, its Italian name, is the largest city in Istria County, western Croatia, and the seventh-largest city in the country, situated at the southern tip of the Istrian peninsula in western Croatia, with a population of 52,220 in 2021.
Vintijan
Village
Vintijan is a village in the municipality of Medulin-Medolino, in southern Istria in Croatia. Vintijan is situated 3 km south of Pula Amphitheatre.
Pula Amphitheatre
- Categories: Roman amphitheater, archaeological site, tourism, and historic site
- Location: Istria, Croatia, Balkans, Europe
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Latitude
44.87322° or 44° 52′ 24″ northLongitude
13.85012° or 13° 51′ 0″ eastOpen location code
8FPMVVF2+72OpenStreetMap ID
way 76174055OpenStreetMap feature
historic=archaeological_siteOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=attractionWikidata ID
Q474998
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In Other Languages
From Albanian to Welsh—“Pula Amphitheatre” goes by many names.
- Albanian: “Pula Arena”
- Arabic: “حلبة بولا”
- Azerbaijani: “Pula amfiteatrı”
- Bashkir: “Пула амфитеатры”
- Basque: “Pulako anfiteatroa”
- Bulgarian: “Амфитеатър в Пула”
- Bulgarian: “Арена Пула”
- Catalan: “amfiteatre de Pula”
- Catalan: “Amfiteatre de Pula”
- Chinese: “普拉競技場”
- Croatian: “Amfiteatar u Puli”
- Croatian: “Pulska arena”
- Croatian: “Pulski amfiteatar”
- Czech: “Amfiteátr v Pule”
- Czech: “Aréna v Pule”
- Dutch: “Amfitheater van Pula”
- Finnish: “Pulan amfiteatteri”
- French: “Amphitheatre de Pula”
- French: “amphithéâtre de Pula”
- French: “Amphithéâtre de pula”
- French: “Amphithéâtre de Pula”
- French: “Amphithéâtre De Pula”
- French: “Arènes de Pula”
- German: “Amphitheater Pula”
- Greek: “Αμφιθέατρο της Πούλα”
- Hebrew: “האמפיתיאטרון הרומי בפולה”
- Indonesian: “Arena Pula”
- Italian: “Anfiteatro di Pola”
- Italian: “Arena di Pola”
- Italian: “Pulska Arena”
- Japanese: “プーラ円形闘技場”
- Latvian: “Pulas arēna”
- Luxembourgish: “Amphitheater vu Pula”
- Macedonian: “Пулски амфитеатар”
- Persian: “تماشاخانه پائولا”
- Persian: “تماشاخانه پولا”
- Polish: “Amfiteatr w Puli”
- Portuguese: “Arena de Pula”
- Russian: “Амфитеатр в Пуле”
- Russian: “Амфитеатр Пулы”
- Russian: “Арена (Пула)”
- Russian: “Арена в Пуле”
- Russian: “Колизей в Пуле”
- Serbian: “Амфитеатар Арена”
- Serbian: “Амфитеатар у Пули”
- Serbian: “Пулска Арена”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Amfiteatar u Puli”
- Slovenian: “Amfiteatar u Puli”
- Slovenian: “amfiteater v Pulju”
- Slovenian: “arena v Pulju”
- Slovenian: “Puljska arena”
- Spanish: “Anfiteatro de Pula”
- Swedish: “Amfiteatern i Pula”
- Swedish: “Arena (Pula)”
- Swedish: “Arena i Pula”
- Turkish: “Pula Arena”
- Ukrainian: “Амфітеатр Пули”
- Ukrainian: “Пульський амфітеатр”
- Welsh: “Arena Pula”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Arena Pula and Park below the arena.
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