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An amphitheatre is an open-air venue used for entertainment, performances and sports. The cited article says the term derives from the ancient Greek amphitheatron, from amphi, meaning on both sides or around, and theatron, meaning place for viewing, that ancient Greek theatres were typically built on hillsides and semi-circular in design, that the first amphitheatre may have been built at Pompeii around 70 BC, and that ancient Roman amphitheatres were oval or circular in plan. It is one of the three venue concepts, with the stadium and the arena, named by the combined stadium, arena and amphitheater value. Buildings recorded in the atlas as amphitheatres are grouped under this concept.

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Spatial 1
The source defines the plan of the venue; mapping that spatial description onto the atlas domain list is an editorial classification.
Concept Domain
Open-air performance and sports venues 1
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Building Type Of

Entity-backed identity for the building-type enum value this building already carries, resolved to an architecture concept by an explicit value-to-entity map (phase 3 bucket conversion, docs\design_entity_backed_browse_buckets_20260928.md). The building-type fact itself stays on the building unchanged.

Entity-backed identity for the building-type enum value this building already carries, resolved to an architecture concept by an explicit value-to-entity map (phase 3 bucket conversion, docs\design_entity_backed_browse_buckets_20260928.md). The building-type fact itself stays on the building unchanged.

Entity-backed identity for the building-type enum value this building already carries, resolved to an architecture concept by an explicit value-to-entity map (phase 3 bucket conversion, docs\design_entity_backed_browse_buckets_20260928.md). The building-type fact itself stays on the building unchanged.

Entity-backed identity for the building-type enum value this building already carries, resolved to an architecture concept by an explicit value-to-entity map (phase 3 bucket conversion, docs\design_entity_backed_browse_buckets_20260928.md). The building-type fact itself stays on the building unchanged.

Entity-backed identity for the building-type enum value this building already carries, resolved to an architecture concept by an explicit value-to-entity map (phase 3 bucket conversion, docs\design_entity_backed_browse_buckets_20260928.md). The building-type fact itself stays on the building unchanged.

Entity-backed identity for the building-type enum value this building already carries, resolved to an architecture concept by an explicit value-to-entity map (phase 3 bucket conversion, docs\design_entity_backed_browse_buckets_20260928.md). The building-type fact itself stays on the building unchanged.

Entity-backed identity for the building-type enum value this building already carries, resolved to an architecture concept by an explicit value-to-entity map (phase 3 bucket conversion, docs\design_entity_backed_browse_buckets_20260928.md). The building-type fact itself stays on the building unchanged.

Entity-backed identity for the building-type enum value this building already carries, resolved to an architecture concept by an explicit value-to-entity map (phase 3 bucket conversion, docs\design_entity_backed_browse_buckets_20260928.md). The building-type fact itself stays on the building unchanged.

Entity-backed identity for the building-type enum value this building already carries, resolved to an architecture concept by an explicit value-to-entity map (phase 3 bucket conversion, docs\design_entity_backed_browse_buckets_20260928.md). The building-type fact itself stays on the building unchanged.

Entity-backed identity for the building-type enum value this building already carries, resolved to an architecture concept by an explicit value-to-entity map (phase 3 bucket conversion, docs\design_entity_backed_browse_buckets_20260928.md). The building-type fact itself stays on the building unchanged.

Sources
1. Wikipedia: Amphitheatre
  • Wikipedia, lead section, first sentence
    An amphitheatre is an open-air venue used for entertainment, performances, and sports.
  • Wikipedia, lead section, second paragraph
    Ancient Roman amphitheatres were oval or circular in plan, with seating tiers that surrounded the central performance area, like a modern open-air stadium.
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Amphitheatre
Wikipedia, lead section
Quote, Wikipedia, lead section
An amphitheatre (American English: amphitheater) is an open-air venue used for entertainment, performances, and sports.
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