Museo Archeologico al Teatro Romano

This guide to the Museo Archeologico al Teatro Romano in Verona centers on Andrea Monga, a wealthy nineteenth-century merchant convinced a Roman theatre lay buried beneath a working hillside neighborhood above the Adige. Starting in 1834, he began buying up the houses himself and tearing them down, piece by piece, to see what was underneath. You'll hear what emerged from the rubble alongside the theatre remains, and what became of his project after his own death. Stand on the terrace and look down at the curve of ancient seating before heading into the galleries above.