Palazzetto dello sport
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The Palazzetto dello sport was built for the 1960 Summer Olympics. This building was designed by Pier Luigi Nervi and was opened in 1957. It hosted boxing among other sports during the Olympic Games. Presently the "Palazzetto dello Sport" hosts the most important volley matches of "M.Roma Volley", which is the volleyball team of Rome.
The arena is constructed with prefabricated ribbed concrete shell dome 61m in diameter, braced by concrete flying buttresses. Much of the structure was prefabricated, so that the dome was erected in 40 days [1].
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- ^ Fletcher, Banister and Palmes, J.C. A History of Architecture Charles Scriber's Sons, 1975. ISBN 684-14207-4, p. 1264
