Friends, Romans, Cartageneros …

With the arrival of August, the eighth month of the calendar whose name derives from its dedication to Emperor Augustus, the Roman Theatre of Cartagena, promoted by the emperor himself, increases its activity with a number of routes and themed visits in collaboration with Cartagena Puerto of Cultures. Every day the visitor will be able to enjoy a story. All the information and purchase of tickets at puertodeculturas.cartagena.es

The Roman Theatre in summer is open from Tuesday to Saturday from 10:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. and on Sunday from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. With a special opening on the August long weekend that will open on Monday, August 14 from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m., and on Tuesday, August 15 from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. The tour begins with the museum, whose entrance is located in the Plaza del Ayuntamiento in front of the Palacio Consistorial, and involves a journey through time through its exhibition rooms that culminates with the unexpected appearance of the imposing stands of the Roman Theatre.

You can also enjoy this summer the temporary exhibition XV Anniversary of the Museo Teatro Romano de Cartagena. The exhibition is divided into three thematic blocks, which are collected through texts and photographs; the evolution of the excavation works of the theatre, the fifteen years of life in the museum after its inauguration and the current intervention project with Next Generation funds in the western portico of the Roman theatre.

The Roman Theatre also implements its activity in August with a good number of routes and themed visits in collaboration with Cartagena Puerto de Culturas

On Tuesdays and Fridays at 10:30 a.m., guided tour In Cleopatra’s Footsteps. On this guided tour, the influence of Egypt in Carthago Nova will be known through the enigmatic character Cleopatra Selene, who, following the cult of the goddess Isis, will follow in the footsteps of the Treasures of Egypt exhibition in the Augusteum, in the Forum of the colony, surrounded by temples and places of power to finish at the Roman Theatre. In the afternoon at 6:00 p.m. a virtual visit to the Roman Theatre of Cartagena: New Experiences. The guided visit to the Museum of the Roman Theatre of Cartagena with virtual reality that will allow you to immerse yourself, through virtual glasses, in the old building. You will be able to view the theatre in 360 degrees as it was in its time and fly over it.

On Wednesdays at 6:30 p.m. the family activity A fable theatre. The participants will be able to learn through a dynamic visit, how fables and ancient plays have come down to us. How the books were kept and how the theatrical performances were. Visitors will be immersed in a time tunnel by Augustus who founded the first public libraries in Rome, and will go to the Roman theatre, where they will participate in a comedy by Plautus.

On Thursdays at 10:30 a.m. the Cartagena Panorámica guided tour. A route where you go up to the highest point of the city by the panoramic elevator, until you reach the Castillo de la Concepción, where you can see the natural port, protagonist of the city’s history, reaching the Roman Theatre and the route will end with a ride on the tourist bus that will take you to one of the most beautiful coves in the Mediterranean. With tour by panoramic elevator, Concepción Castle, Roman Theatre and tourist bus.

On Saturdays at 11:00, Lucrezia, a citizen of Carthago Nova. Theatrical route. A route that reveals the daily life of Lucrecia Prima in ancient Carthago Nova, visiting the main monuments of the city, from her family home, the domus de la Fortuna, continuing through the forum, the sanctuary of Isis, taking a relaxed bath in the baths or attending the theatre with her husband.

On Saturdays at 9 pm nocturnal and dramatized visits.

Aulaeum, the curtain down. Dramatized visit. The great Roman architect Vitruvio will offer his vision of the theatre with him you will enjoy a nocturnal visit to the most emblematic work promoted by Augustus in the old Carthago Nova. The end of the trip culminates with the unexpected appearance of the imposing stands of the Roman Theatre in the light of the moon, there the encounter with the classical theatre by the hand of Plautus. Saturdays August 5 and 19.

The theatre under the moonlight. The visitor will make a nocturnal visit to the most emblematic work promoted by Augusto in the old Carthago Nova. The trip allows you to experience first-hand, in a relaxed and exclusive environment, a tour that begins at the Roman Theatre museum led by a guide, with a small group of people, discovering the keys to Roman civilization, to end in the archaeological jewel of the Roman Theatre under the moonlight. Saturdays August 12 and 26.

More information on the phone 968 50 00 93 or 968 50 48 02 Tickets can be purchased online at puertodeculturas.cartagena.es

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