Berja Amphitheater
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In a small flat which comes to the hill appears Villavieja amesetado Hondón features oval shapes, known popularly as the "amphitheater." Its morphology is simple. Is excavated in the plain at a little over four m. of profundidad1, so you still surprised by the strength of its construction. Its walls
longitudinal completely oval in plan, are solid mortar, with flat masonry. The sand was an ellipse of 43 meters 26'6 m. Similarly, by both the majority of known local buildings, like Carmona, for example. At the ends of the minor axis and the wall of the paths appear podium buildings excavated, small in size, in the case of dwellings or Burladero (cubiculum) function unclear, but very characteristic of these buildings. The bleachers (cavea), divided into two or three levels related to social class who occupied, would be of wood, as in Ampurias (Gerona) Caparra (Cáceres), among many others. The images
can be seen in the north of the amphitheater, a form similar to a theater and portico.
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