Stadio Olimpico
Fascist-era arena turned Olympic venue, now shared by Italy's most passionate football rivals.
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About this audio guide
This guide to Rome's Olympic Stadium traces its start as Mussolini's Foro Mussolini, and the day in 1938 when Adolf Hitler arrived here as his honored guest beneath temporary towers topped with imperial eagles. You'll hear about the three-hundred-ton marble obelisk carved with Mussolini's name, and why it never came down after the war. Look for the inscription still on its face near the entrance.
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