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Estadio Garcilaso de la Vega, Cuzco, Peru

May 31st, 2007 / / Links: Google Earth, Google Maps, Yahoo! Maps, Virtual Earth / Nearest places
 

The Estadio Garcilaso de la Vega is Cusco's principal stadium and the home venue of the local team Cienciano. The stadium was named after the Peruvian mestizo Inca Garcilaso de la Vega and inaugurated in 1950, with an initial capacity of 30.000. It is owned by the Instituto Peruano del Deporte.

The increase in spectator capacity came after CONMEBOL chose Peru to host the Copa América 2004, prompting the Peruvian government to invest in a 5-million renovation program for its stadia, including the Estadio Garcilaso de la Vega. Its renovation cost approximately $1.720.000, which helped boost its official spectator capacity to 42.056. The stadium ended hosting the third place game of the Copa América 2004. Thanks to the event the city of Cusco received even more tourists than what already receives as Peru's top tourist destination.

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The Strahov Stadium, Prague, Czech Republic

May 31st, 2007 / / Links: Google Earth, Google Maps, Yahoo! Maps, Virtual Earth / Nearest places
 

The Strahov Stadium (Strahovský stadion in Czech) is a stadium in the Strahov district of Prague, Czech Republic. It is the second largest stadium in the world after the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, seating nearly 360,000. Construction began on a wooden stadium in 1926, and was replaced by cement grandstands in 1932. Further construction occurred in 1948 and 1975. The playing field, surrounded by seating on all sides, is 63,500 square metres. Contemporarily the stadium serves to Sparta Prague as a training centre with 8 football pitches (6 pitches of standard sizes and 2 futsal pitches). The original stadium dates from the First Republic between the World Wars and served as a venue for Sokol displays of synchronized gymnastics on a massive scale. It was later used for large displays during the communist era. Performances with several hundred gymnasts making various complex formations and exercising identically while accompanied by tunes from traditional folk music attracted the attention of many visitors. Each time, among the widely popular shows were those of young well-trained recruits who wore only boxer shorts while on the display or women dancing in miniskirts... The groups of gymnasts (unlike the soldiers who were ordered to practise and participate) were put together from keen local Sokol athletic association members who regularly trained for the show throughout the year prior to the event, which repeated every five years. The ambiguous name of the performance, Spartakiáda, referred to quondam power and strength of once uprising slaves led by Spartacus. In the last decade several studies have looked at adaptive reuse and preservation of this unique structure. The stadium is sited on a prominent hill overlooking the old city. It can be accessed by taking the funicular up the hill through the gardens.

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MKS Orzel Przeworsk Stadium, Przeworsk, Poland

May 31st, 2007 / / Links: Google Earth, Google Maps, Yahoo! Maps, Virtual Earth / Nearest places
 

MKS Orzel Przeworsk Stadium in Przeworsk, Poland

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Joboland - amusement park, Bornholm, Denmark

May 31st, 2007 / / Links: Google Earth, Google Maps, Yahoo! Maps, Virtual Earth / Nearest places
 

Joboland - amusement park in Bornholm, Denmark

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Wooden pier, Międzyzdroje, Poland

May 31st, 2007 / / Links: Google Earth, Google Maps, Yahoo! Maps, Virtual Earth / Nearest places
 

Wooden pier in Międzyzdroje, Poland.

Lenght: 395 m.

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Hotel Sun Sea, Hurghada, Egypt

May 31st, 2007 / / Links: Google Earth, Google Maps, Yahoo! Maps, Virtual Earth / Nearest places
 

Hotel Sun Sea in Hurghada, Egypt

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St. Michael’s and St. Florian’s Cathedral, Warsaw, Poland

May 31st, 2007 / / Links: Google Earth, Google Maps, Yahoo! Maps, Virtual Earth / Nearest places
 

St. Michael's and St. Florian's Cathedral in Warsaw, Poland.

Church built in 1887-1904.

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Hostels of The Cracow University of Technology, Cracow, Poland

May 31st, 2007 / / Links: Google Earth, Google Maps, Yahoo! Maps, Virtual Earth / Nearest places
 

Hostels of The Cracow University of Technology in Cracow, Poland

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