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gallerie dell'anfiteatro

English translation: amphitheatre passageways

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Italian term or phrase:gallerie dell'anfiteatro
English translation:amphitheatre passageways
Entered by: Angela Arnone

09:21 Dec 13, 2005
Italian to English translations [PRO]
Archaeology
Italian term or phrase: gallerie dell'anfiteatro
Contesto
Nel 1967 a Durazzo furono rinvenute decorazioni parietali all’interno di un piccolo oratorio cristiano, ricavato nella seconda delle tre gallerie dell’anfiteatro di origine probabilmente adrianea
Andrea Cingolani
Italy
Local time: 16:56
amphitheatre passageways
Explanation:
Ted Marcus' Virtual Light Table: Arena Passageway
Arena Passageway (2000). One of the series of passages and corridors in the Roman Amphitheater in Nîmes. © 2000 by Ted R. Marcus Contact me for information ...
www.tedsimages.com/text/arenpas.htm

Slaves use burning straw and spears to prod lions, leopards and other beasts into 32 elevators that take them up into the arena. Passageway A passageway ...
www.pbs.org/wnet/warriorchallenge/ gladiators/interactive.arena5.swf

Information: Those about to Die, Chapter 8, Part 3
The lions would enter the arena through openings among the rocks as though ... was shoved along the passageway, forcing him up the ramp toward the arena. ...
www.infofocalpoint.com/about-die-chap8-Pt3.html

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Angela Arnone
Local time: 16:56
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4 +4amphitheatre passageways
Angela Arnone
5amphitheatre gallery
Romanian Translator (X)
4 +1amphitheatre tunnels
Jo Macdonald


  

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16 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +4
amphitheatre passageways


Explanation:
Ted Marcus' Virtual Light Table: Arena Passageway
Arena Passageway (2000). One of the series of passages and corridors in the Roman Amphitheater in Nîmes. © 2000 by Ted R. Marcus Contact me for information ...
www.tedsimages.com/text/arenpas.htm

Slaves use burning straw and spears to prod lions, leopards and other beasts into 32 elevators that take them up into the arena. Passageway A passageway ...
www.pbs.org/wnet/warriorchallenge/ gladiators/interactive.arena5.swf

Information: Those about to Die, Chapter 8, Part 3
The lions would enter the arena through openings among the rocks as though ... was shoved along the passageway, forcing him up the ramp toward the arena. ...
www.infofocalpoint.com/about-die-chap8-Pt3.html



Angela Arnone
Local time: 16:56
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
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agree  Peter Cox
35 mins
agree  John Walsh
46 mins
agree  silvia b (X)
6 hrs
agree  EirTranslations
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12 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
amphitheatre gallery


Explanation:
:)

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For example, please read about the Roman Amphitheatre Gallery in London :

"The Roman amphitheatre gallery at London's Guildhall opened to the public in
March 2003, but spaces have been left for the timbers to be displayed in ..."

www.yorkarchaeology.co.uk/amphitheatre.htm

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Note added at 17 mins (2005-12-13 09:39:13 GMT)
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or how about a modern one like the MSU Amphitheatre Gallery in USA?

"Amphitheatre Gallery. The amphitheatre in the snow. Despite deteriorating stonework,
the amphitheatre remains a quiet retreat for today's students. ..."
www.montclair.edu/pages/Alumni/amphitheatrepics.htm

Romanian Translator (X)
United Kingdom
Local time: 15:56
Native speaker of: Romanian
PRO pts in category: 4

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  Angela Arnone: This is the Guildhall Art Gallery ... and refers to the Guildhall Gallery not to the amphitheatre!!!
5 mins
  -> Yes but it has a display about the Roman Amphitheatre in London!
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
amphitheatre tunnels


Explanation:


A few references I found online:

forms a tunnel 9 m tall and 4 m wide that circles the entire amphitheater.

Underground tunnels connected the amphitheatre to the surrounding buildings

Underground Tunnels of The Amphitheatre at El Djem

Pics:
http://www.harlon.demon.co.uk/tpcard/subter01.html





Jo Macdonald
Spain
Local time: 16:56
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 2

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Vittorio Preite
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