Huffington Post: Durres amphitheater in danger

The prestigious American newspaper “Huffington Post” paid attention to 14 cultural and historic objects that are in danger in Europe.

The Durres Amphitheater is on this list. Huffington Post writes that “Europa Nostra”, an organization for preserving the cultural and historic heritage listed a list of 14 cultural heritage objects that are endangered through Europe. Among these objects there are churches, archeological areas and ancient habitats.

“Huffington Post” writes that this amphitheater of rare archeological and cultural values is endangered by the Durres urban construction, which has affected some of it even by the lack of attention.

On June 16th, seven of the 14 mostly endangered objects in Europe will be selected to become part of a rescue plan that will be presented to the Organization and Preservation of the European Heritage during the conference that will be held in December in Brussels.

The Durres Amphitheater was discovered in 1966, and it is the biggest and most important in Albania and even Balkan. It was built in the first century of our era, under the roman Emperor, Trajan.

The amphitheater has an elliptical shape with a 136 meter of diameter and a 20 meter height. It has been an important center for organizing the Olympic and Roman games, and its capacity was calculated at around 15-20.000 people.

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