What Roman amphitheatre in Tarragona, Spain, was built in the 2nd century AD?

The Roman amphitheatre in Tarragona, Spain, built in the 2nd century AD is the Tarragona Amphitheatre.

The arena stood in ancient Tarraco, capital of the Roman province of Hispania Tarraconensis, near the forum and against the coastal slope. Its position helped create a large public venue overlooking the Mediterranean and connected the amphitheatre with the city’s wider monumental landscape.

The building hosted gladiatorial contests and spectacles involving animals, including combats between beasts and between people and beasts. It could accommodate up to 15,000 spectators and measured roughly 130 metres along its main axis, making it a substantial provincial arena even though Tarraco was outside Italy.

The surviving structure is now largely ruined, but its remains form part of the Archaeological Ensemble of Tárraco. UNESCO designated that ensemble a World Heritage site in 2000. The Tarragona Amphitheatre is distinct from Italy’s Colosseum and Verona Arena and from Croatia’s Pula Arena, although all served similar Roman entertainment traditions.