The Palace of Gallienus (Gallic Palace, also called the amphitheatre Bordeaux) today represents the ruins of a once magnificent amphitheatre, which could seat up to 15 thousand spectators. The amphitheatre was built in the II century and is now the only surviving building of Burdigala – the city's Gallo-Roman era, the site of which grew the modern Bordeaux.

The amphitheatre was built on the outskirts of Burdigala, the size of his arena, as it was established on the ruins, was 70 47 meters, and the size of the building – 130 110 metres. In its construction were used the masonry, in which were mingled the bricks and stones were also used slabs of wood. According to one version, the amphitheatre was built for the visit of the Roman Emperor Caracalla, who ruled at the beginning of the III century. Construction of the amphitheater is also mentioned in connection with the name of another Emperor, Gallienus, but he rules later, in the mid-third century.

In the year 276 amphitheatre was burned by the invading into the lands of the Germanic tribes. Since then the structure has survived several pillars and arched spans, which in subsequent centuries was not talking too carefully. In the Middle ages in the ruins of the Roman theatre was inhabited by homeless people and fugitives. In the XVII century near architectural heritage of the Romans formed the dump. During the great French revolution, the land on which stands the amphitheatre, declared public property, and the Eastern and Western portals of the amphitheater was demolished and in their place laid two city streets.

And only in the XIX century the ruins were declared a historical monument and began to strengthen them, and attended to the preservation of the building not the authorities of Bordeaux, and its citizens. The status of the monument was assigned to these ruins in 1840. The remains of the Roman amphitheatre located in the street of Dr. albert Barro.