Velarium
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A Script error: No such module "Lang". ("curtain")[3] was a type of awning used in Roman times. It stretched over the whole of the Script error: No such module "Lang"., the seating area in amphitheaters, to protect spectators from the sun.[4][2] Retractable awnings were relatively common throughout the Roman Empire. Though the precise details are unclear, the awning was evidently usually supported by wooden masts, the sockets and brackets for which remain on the Colosseum and Arena of Nîmes, for example.[5][6][2]
The Colosseum
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In modern times
The Puy du Fou theme park, in France, has a Roman-style amphitheatre built for some of its shows, complete with an antique-style velarium.
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References
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- ↑ Yarwood, Doreen, The Architecture of Europe, p. 58, 1987 (first edn. 1974), Spring Books, Template:ISBN; Juvenal iv.121
- ↑ Suetonius, Life of Caligula 26 (Text).
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