Foro Italico

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  • Address
    Viale del Foro Italico, Foro Italico
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  • Transport
    bus: 32
underground rail: Ottaviano-San Pietro

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Lonely Planet review

At the foot of Monte Mario, the Foro Italico is an impressive Fascist-era sports complex. Designed by the architect Enrico Del Debbio, it remains much as it was originally conceived. A 17m-high marble obelisk, inscribed with the words 'Mussolini Dux', stands at the beginning of a broad avenue leading down to the Stadio dei Marmi, a running track surrounded by 60 marble nudes, and the Stadio Olimpico, Rome's 80,000-seat football stadium.

The latter was a later addition, built in 1960 for the Olympic games and revamped for the 1990 World Cup. It's now home to Rome's two football teams, Roma and Lazio