Saturday, 3 October 2026

Remains of Rome's first stone athletics stadium beneath Piazza Navona

Underground ruins of the Stadium of Domitian with a wooden enclosure for an educational excavation area and a sign showing the entrance 50 metres away.

From my window I observe the remains of the first stone athletic stadium in Rome, a building quite unique in the history of sport. Where the stadium once stood there is now a residential district, piazza Navona

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