After exploring the Castillo de Gibralfaro, I walked down the back heading to the old town.
At the bottom I discovered Malaga's oldest historical monument. Emperor Augustus has this theater built in the 1st century BC. Used and then left. In the mid 700 AD, Moors becane using the theater stones to build the Alcazaba Fortress on the hill above. The remainder was buried for another 5 centuries.
In 1951,during the construction of a new cultural center, the theater remnants appeared. The cultural gardens was abandoned, and excavation of the site began. By 1995 the project was becoming more difficult, discovering many of the missing pieces were part of the foundations of the nearby Alcazaba.
September 2011, El Teatro Romano reopened to the public, and held its first performances for 220 spectators.
The theater is accessed through the visitor center next to the amphitheater. The center houses some historical information, a few archaeological discoveries like tools and pottery, and audiovisual exhibitions of the restoration.
Admission is free. Allow an hour to wander inside the center and outside in the theater. read more