Foro Italico

Inspired by the Roman forums of the imperial age, its design is lauded as a preeminent example of Italian fascist architecture instituted by Mussolini.The purpose of the prestigious project was to get the Olympic Games of 1940 to be organised by fascist Italy and held in Rome.The main entrance of the Foro is south-east, in line with the ponte Duca d'Aosta: here - on a wide avenue entirely covered with a mosaic made of black and white tesserae - rises a huge obelisk 17,5 meters high (excluding the base), carved in Carrara marble, known as Stele Mussolini.The Foro is home to numerous sports venues, such as the largest sports facility in Rome, the Stadio Olimpico, the ornate Stadio dei Marmi[1] and the adjoining building which is the seat of the Italian National Olympic Committee (originally built for the purposes of the Fascist Male Academy of Physical Education).Many personalities of Italian sport attended at the ceremony, chaired by the President of CONI, Giovanni Malagò.
A phase of the transport of the Foro Italico monolith to the boarding place. The monolith was towed to Fiumicino on a pontoon, then it went up along the Tiber towed on the shore by oxen. It was the last major river transport in Rome.
The main tennis court: Stadio Centrale
External view of the Stadio Centrale
The tennis court named after Nicola Pietrangeli
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