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Cuneo's civic museum is housed within the monumental complex of San Francesco, which is undoubtedly the most important medieval building in town. This neighbourhood was one of the oldest in the city and housed a church dedicated to the saint from Assisi as early as the end of the 13th century. A larger church with a cloister was built in the 14th century and then it was further enlarged in the following century. Noble families, guilds and the municipality itself had their altar inside this building and so took great care to decorate it and look after it. Many illustrious representatives of the town were buried here, and their tombstones line the floor of the church.
Not only religious ceremonies were held here, but also political agreements and public meetings. After Napoleon's suppression of the religious orders in 1802, this church was closed for worship and completely stripped of all its assets. After a series of events, the church passed into the hands of Cuneo’s municipality, which in the 1980s decided to set up a Civic Museum inside it. Today the church space is used for important exhibitions, concerts and cultural events.
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.