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Epidaurus, Greece
Epidaurus was the most important healing center in the ancient Greek world, where pilgrims came to be cured through rituals involving the god of medicine, Asklepios. The sanctuary's theater, built in the 4th century BC and seating 14,000, has acoustics so perfect that a coin dropped on the center stage can be heard in the back row. The surrounding sanctuary ruins include temples, baths, a gymnasium, and a mysterious tholos whose purpose still puzzles archaeologists. Greek drama festivals still use the ancient theater in summer.
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Test the acoustics yourself — stand in the center of the theater stage and speak quietly while a companion sits in the top row. Summer festival performances in the ancient theater are a once-in-a-lifetime experience.
April through June and September through October. The Athens-Epidaurus Festival stages ancient Greek dramas in the theater on summer weekends — book well ahead.