   
Scroll down or use the menu on the left to browse the images of Zaragoza The Roman Theater in Zaragoza (also called Saragossa in English) was discovered by chance in 1972 when the construction of a new building in Veronica street began.
The theater, built in the late 1st century, within the town fabric, stood out from the rest of the buildings as a point of reference in an essentially flat landscape. As time passed, the theatrical activity declined and during the second half of the 3rd century the building was looted for its materials which were then used to build the nearby city wall during a period of political instability. The best-preserved archaeological remains from the subsequent stages are those which date from the Muslim epoch when, after several centuries of being used for different purposes, the growth of the medina brought with it the systematic occupation of this site by numerous dwellings interconnected by a labyrinth of streets and alleys. During the 13th century, in the Christian epoch, the site on which the theater had once stood was divided by a wall between the dwellings, separating the Jewish quarter from the rest of the city. It remained until 1492 when, after the expulsion of the Jews, squares were broadened and accesses to the quarter were gradually opened up. In the 16th century the site witnessed the economic and social splendor of the Renaissance in Zaragoza. Churches sprang up in the surrounding area and many important families had residences built in this district, amongst which was the house of Gabriel Zaporta and that of Juan del Pueyo, the latter underwent considerable rehabilitation works in 1868 when it belonged to the Guillen family, acquiring the nineteenth century appearance which, with some alterations in the 20th century we can observe in facade of this Museum. | 
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