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

The seaside town of Vannes, in southern Brittany, had carefully prepared a special venue and a separate overflow amphitheatre for the occasion.

From BBC • May 24, 2025

The city's public library - complete with an amphitheatre, gardens and hundreds of thousands of books - opened to the public in 2013 at a cost of £189m.

From BBC • Sep. 19, 2023

Everybody was waiting for the coup de grace, like the people at a Roman amphitheatre or at a Spanish bull-fight and everybody was sure that Lancelot would give in.

From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White