PIAZZA SANT'ORONZO

FIRST PART

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Work on the square began in 1660 and lasted until 1686. The column was built to give thanks for a miracle by Saint Orontius who, legend has it, brought a sudden end to the plague that had wiped out...

SECOND PART

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To the left of the Sedile, a part of the square was excavated in 1938 to bring to light part of the Roman Amphitheater, built between the 1st and 2nd century AD and discovered quite by chance in 1901...