Le Mont-Saint-Michel, France
8th century
Carcassonne, France
333 AD
Carcassonne, France
c. 1130
Strasbourg, France
1230
Marseille, France
1660
Les Baux-de-Provence, France
10th century AD
Chambord, France
1519-1547
Francueil, France
1515-1521
La Rochelle, France
13th century
Amboise, France
15th century
Villandry, France
1532
Chantilly, France
1560/1875
Blois, France
9th century
Eguisheim, France
13th century
Albi, France
13th century
Orschwiller, France
12th century
Nantes, France
1207
Saint-Malo, France
1424
Gordes, France
14th century
Bordeaux, France
c. 1494
The ancient Argos Theater was built in 320 BC. and is located in Argos, Greece against Larissa Hill. Nearby from this site is Agora, Roman Odeon, and the Baths of Argos. The theater is one of the largest architectural developments in Greece and was renovated in ca 120 AD.
The Hellenistic theater at Argos is cut into the hillside of the Larisa, with 90 steps up a steep incline, forming a narrow rectilinear cavea. Among the largest theaters in Greece, it held about 20,000 spectators and is divided by two landings into three horizontal sections. Staircases further divide the cavea into four cunei, corresponding to the tribes of Argos A high wall was erected to prevent unauthorized access into the theatron and may have helped the acoustics, but it is said the sound quality is still very good today.
Around 120 CE, both theaters were renovated in the Roman style.