Past Investigation and Intervention at the Small Roman Theatre Site in Pula

Malo rimsko kazalište u Puli važan je spomenik kulture koji pokazuje status grada u vrijeme rimske vladavine. Ovaj je spomenik dugi niz godina ležao zatrpan i neprimijećen, korišten uglavnom kao izvor građevinskog kamena za okolne strukture. Tijekom 19. st. i dalje se nije znalo za njegovo postojanje, ali su počela prva istraživanja koja su na svjetlo dana donijela jedan od ulaza u kazalište. Otkrivanje ostataka kazališta u cjelini postupno se odvijalo tijekom 20. st., ali praćeno dokumentiranjem tipičnim za razdoblje u kojem je provedeno. Stoga danas imamo vrlo malo sačuvanih informacija o istraživanju kazališta. Isto vrijedi za zahvate rekonstrukcije koji su provedeni, a koji su mjestimično bili i tolikog opsega da su promijenili izgled spomenika u odnosu na stanje prije zahvata. Cilj članka je objediniti dostupne informacije kako bi se dobio pregled događanja koja su se do kraja 20. stoljeća vezivala uz Malo rimsko kazalište.The Small Roman Theatre in Pula is a major cultural monument that bears witness to the city’s status during the Roman administration. It was buried and unnoticed for many years, having been exploited primarily as a source of construction materials for nearby structures. It had been forgotten by the 19th c. until the initial investigation that uncovered one of the entrances to the theatre. The uncovering of the remains of the theatre continued gradually in the 20th c.; this was, however, attended by record keeping typical of the time in which it was performed. As a result, we now have very modest surviving data on the investigation of the theatre. The same is true of the reconstruction interventions that have been performed, the scope of which in places was so significant as to have altered the appearance of the monument in relation to the condition prior to the intervention. The objective of this paper is to consolidate the available data in order to obtain an overview of the events associated with the Small Roman Theatre up to the end of the 20th c