The Odeum at Tauromenium (modern Tauromina, Sicily, Italy)
	Commentary Photos / Panorama Movies Map Location:   Modern Taurominia, Sicily, Italy Theatre Type: Roman Odeum Date of Construction: ca. 117 - 138 CE Renovation Dates:   GPS Coordinates:: 37.85395, 15.28803 Dimensions: Cavea Width:26 meters Orchestra: Diameter 12.8 meters Seating Capacity: N/A Architectural Drawings: Plan View The Roman Odeum at Tauromenium (modernTauromina, Sicily, Italy). An odeum is a small theatre, but unlike the enormous Greek and Roman theatres, it was more intimate and was used for musical presentations, poetry readings, lectures, or debates. The Roman odeum gets its name from the Greek oideion (singing place). Many odea were roofed structures; they were built in two styles; buildings with rectangular outer walls like a bouleuteria (council house) or buildings with a curved cavea like a theatre; both used semicircular seating. Odea were generally smaller than theatres and it is not unusual to find the remains of one not far from its larger cousin: the odeum at Taurmenium is located 400 meters to the northwest of the city’s 11,000 seat theatre and probably seated around 1,000...More...
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