Roman Theatre, Pula, Ancient theater complex on eastern slope in Pula, Croatia

The Roman Theatre in Pula is a partially preserved ancient venue built into the eastern slope of the city center's hillside. The structure features a semicircular orchestra, tiered seating sections, and remaining stage areas that take advantage of the natural terrain for its layout.

The theater was constructed during the first century AD as Pula developed into a major Roman administrative and cultural hub. This building project reflected the city's growth and the broader Roman investment in public infrastructure throughout the empire.

The theatre's name distinguishes it from Pula's larger Roman theatre outside the walls, whose remains Antoine De Ville reused in the 17th century for the Kaštel. Visitors reach the site, as in antiquity, through the Double Gate. Since its restoration, inaugurated on 5 May 2023, the renewed venue holds about 1,250 people.

The theatre sits on the eastern slope of the central hill, below the old Castrum and above the Archaeological Museum of Istria, and is reached through the Double Gate. The structure was restored and conserved in 2023 and reopened on 5 May 2023 with a capacity of about 1,250 people.

The seating was cut into the eastern slope of the central hill, a Greek rather than Roman arrangement; Roman theatres usually rested on built substructures. The site was restored and conserved in 2023 and reopened on 5 May 2023 with a capacity of about 1,250 people. Modest relief fragments from the theatre's facade are kept in the Archaeological Museum of Istria below.