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Château de Purnon is an 18th-century French château in Verrue, Vienne, built between 1779 and 1788 for Marquis Antoine-Charles Achard using stones from the nearby Château de Brisay. Completed just before the French Revolution, it features two large outbuildings with rare timber framing and a 3 km allée through the Forêt de Scévolles.
In 1893, it was bought by the Marquis de Rochequairie, and in 2020, sold to Australian couple Tim Holding and Felicity Selkirk, who began restoring it. The estate was listed as a Historical Monument in the 1990s and received the Mission Bern heritage grant in 2022.
References: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.