Skip to main content
AIRPORT TRANSFER - Book now
Invalid Input
Invalid Input
Please, insert the date
Invalid Input
Invalid Input
Invalid Input
Invalid Input
Invalid Input
Invalid Input
Invalid Input
Invalid Input
Invalid Input

Roman Odeon in Taormina

Roman Odeon - Taormina

Much smaller  than the Greek Theatre , the Roman Odeon, or "small theatre" was built by the Romans when Taormina became a military colony in the year 21 B.C. under Caesar Augustus Octavian, the first Roman emperor.

It was a stage for musical and literary presentations, which were performed only for the elite of the city. The Odeon was a covered theatre with a capacity of less than 200 people.

lt was found accidentally on June 5th 1892 and until that moment no one had even suspected it existed

The Odeon is directed towards northeast. It was built with clay bricks and is divided into three main parts: the scene, the orchestra and the cavea.

The scene of the Odeon consisted of the stylobate (base) and the peristyle (colonnade) of a Greek temple, some say dedicated to Aphrodite. Close to the scene there is a room reserved to the actors.

The cavea is divided into 5 different areas.

The Odeon is located behind St. Catherine’s Church, near the the Palazzo Corvaja.

Roman Odeon

Related articles

Church of Varò

Church of Varò - Taormina
The Church of Varò (Chiesa del Varò) is located at the end of a stairway that departs from Corso Umberto I, just after the Clock Tower. The church was built by Cav. Blasio Corvaja in the late eighteenth century, and the work was finished by his brother Sigismondo at the beginning of the nineteenth century. Most probably the building was built on a pre-existing built by the Romano family. A demonstration of this hypothesis in the church are located the tomb-mausoleum of Giovanni Romano Denti, ...
Read more

Clock Tower

Clock Tower - Taormina
The clock tower is situated half way down the Corso Umberto I next to IX April Square. Because of its location, the tower is also called Porta di Mezzo and it is the gateway into the medieval village and separates the Classical and Hellenistic parts of Taormina. Built in the twelfth century on ancient Greco-Roman foundations, the tower was destroyed by the invasion of the French troops of Louis XIV in 1676. It was last renovated in 1679 due to the strong wishes of the people of Taormina; it w...
Read more

Church of St. Joseph (San Giuseppe)

Church of St. Joseph (San Giuseppe) - Taormina
The church of San Giuseppe in Taormina was built in in the Baroque style between the late 1600s and the early 1700s. This church, dedicated to St. Joseph, is located next to the Clock Tower and faces out onto Piazza IX Aprile. A double staircase, with a balustrade of Syracuse stone, leads up to the entrance. The gable façade in the baroque style, has a large central portal that leads into the church, and two small side portals, of which the right places in the sacristy and the left one leads ...
Read more
Related Articles