Fire-damaged Roman building found beneath cinema in Verona

[Duncan Head]

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/jun/15/miniature-pompeii-found-beneath-former-cinema-verona

[Imperial Dave]

if it was 2nd century one wonders why it wasnt reoccupied

[Duncan Head]

Looking at Google Maps, the former Astra cinema is just south of the Porta Borsari, which looking at the Roman Verona map at https://italianreflections.wordpress.com/2020/06/22/the-two-gateways-of-verona/ might mean that the building was just outside the city walls, if that makes any difference.

[Prufrock]

Ah, so outside fair Verona is where we lay our scene.

[Tim]

Maybe the cinema was showing Quo Vadis...

[Mark G]

If it's a reoccupation, then that suggests it's the matinee performance