Lacoste, France
11th century
Chauvigny, France
11th century
Briançon, France
1692
Marseille, France
1660
La Roche-Guyon, France
12th century
Villeneuve-lès-Avignon, France
14th century
Eu, France
1578
Montreuil-Bellay, France
11th century
Selles-sur-Cher, France
1212
Plévenon, France
1340
Gourdon, France
12th century
Lourdes, France
11th century
Josselin, France
11th century
Sisteron, France
12th century
Sedan, France
1530
Langeais, France
1465
Sully-sur-Loire, France
13th century
Laval, France
10th century AD
Metz, France
13th century
Mandelieu-la-Napoule, France
14th century
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.