The Stadio dei Marmi Foro Italico (Foro Mussolini), Rome
The Stadio dei Marmi ('Stadium of the Marbles') is one of four stadiums in the colossal sports complex the Foro Italico, initially named Foro Mussolini in Rome, Italy. Designed in the 1920s as a complement to the annexed Fascist Academy of Physical Education (now the seat of CONI, Italian Olympic Committee), to be used by its students for training. Encircled by sixty, 4-meter tall classical statues of athletes made from Carrara marble
Picture No
14022428
Media ID
45836049
Size
5824px x 4092px
(2.7MB)
Credit
Mary Evans / Grenville Collins Postcard Collection
Source
Unattributed large format postcard by E. Richter, Rome
Date
1939
