The Cesano Infantry Shooting Range was a temporary

firing range A shooting range, firing range, gun range or shooting ground is a specialized facility, venue or field designed specifically for firearm usage qualifications, training, practice or competitions. Some shooting ranges are operated by militar ...

set up by the

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for the

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off the

Via Cassia The ''Via Cassia'' ("way of Cassius") was an important Roman road striking out of the ''Via Flaminia'' near the Milvian Bridge in the immediate vicinity of Rome and, passing not far from Veii, traversed Etruria. The ''Via Cassia'' passed through ...

. It hosted the 300 m free rifle

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event for the

1960 Summer Olympics The 1960 Summer Olympics ( it, Giochi Olimpici estivi del 1960), officially known as the Games of the XVII Olympiad ( it, Giochi della XVII Olimpiade) and commonly known as Rome 1960 ( it, Roma 1960), were an international multi-sport event held ...

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References

1960 Summer Olympics official report.
Volume 1. pp. 66–7.
1960 Summer Olympics official report.
Volume 2. Part 2. p. 932.

Venues of the 1960 Summer Olympics Olympic shooting venues Defunct sports venues in Italy {{Summer-Olympic-venue-stub