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The citadel walls that crown the hill, on the slopes of which the modern city descends amphitheatrically into the sea, are remnants of Venetian fortifications.

From Life Immovable First Part by Phoutrides, Aristides E. (Aristides Evangelus)

This pit or salle de spectacle was, as he himself informs us, arranged amphitheatrically, while above were galleries divided into separate boxes, each approached by a different staircase and entered by a different door.

From The Life of Marie de Medicis — Volume 1 by Pardoe, Julia

Along the sunny bank of the limpid stream she sped;—on, on toward a forest that bounded the valley at the further end, and rose amphitheatrically up toward the regions of the mountains!

From Wagner, the Wehr-Wolf by Reynolds, George W. M. (George William MacArthur)

The seats rise amphitheatrically and are symmetrically enclosed by a row of boxes.

From Life of Wagner Biographies of Musicians by Nohl, Louis

After six days laborious ascent of several mountains, placed amphitheatrically, one above another, we at length reached the famous plateau, the most elevated point, perhaps, on the earth’s surface. 

From Travels in Tartary, Thibet, and China During the years 1844-5-6 Volume 2 by Huc, Évariste Régis