amphitheatre

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He said one challenge had been the choice of the amphitheatre in Verona, roughly half way between Milan and Cortina, to host the Olympic closing ceremony and the Paralympic opening ceremony.

From Barron's • Nov. 25, 2025

Verona's ancient Roman amphitheatre, which is nearly 2,000 years old, will host the closing ceremony of the Games which will take place over February 6-22.

From Barron's • Oct. 16, 2025

Experts said the discovery added weight to the suggestion an amphitheatre, although not yet found, likely existed in Roman York and would have staged fighting gladiators as a form of entertainment.

From BBC • Apr. 23, 2025

The idea of bringing Shakespeare to Los Santos came to Crane and Oosterveen when their avatars stumbled across an abandoned amphitheatre, called Vinewood Bowl, in the game.

From BBC • Dec. 10, 2024

He lifted his hand and opened his eyelids; gazed blank, and with a straining effort, on the sky, and toward the amphitheatre of trees: one saw that all to him was void darkness.

From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë