Archaeological Area of S. Pietro degli Schiavoni

Below the new Verdi Theatre, in the heart of the historic center, lies the very important archaeological area of the San Pietro degli Schiavoni district, which represents a true snapshot of Roman Brindisi. The name of the district derives from a church dedicated to Saint Peter, which was documented here in the seventeenth century, but no traces of its location remain. Schiavoni refers to the Greek-Albanian population that repopulated the area during the sixteenth century.

The excavation was discovered when, in the 1960s, work was underway to clear the area for the construction of the new theatre, and upon the emergence of the first archaeological remains, ancient Roman houses were encountered.
A cobbled street runs through the entire area from north to south, and on both sides, the remains of residential structures and especially the thermal complex can be seen, in which various parts are clearly identifiable: the calidarium and the frigidarium.