Stadio dei Marsi-Sandro Cimarra is a

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in the Via Napoli ("

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Street")

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Avezzano Avezzano ( ; ) is a city and comune in the Abruzzo region, province of L'Aquila, Italy. It is the second most populous municipality in the province and the sixth in the region. It is the main commercial, industrial and agricultural centre of the ...

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. It was built between the years '30 and '50. In the past it was used for

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events and there was a

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court, it is currently used mostly for

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matches and is the home ground of

Avezzano Calcio Avezzano Calcio A.S.D., commonly known as Avezzano ( ), is an Italian football club based in Avezzano, Abruzzo, who compete in , the fourth tier of the Italian football league system. History The club was founded in 1919 and refounded in 199 ...

. The stadium holds 3,692. It named after the ancient population of

Marsi The Marsi were an Italic people of ancient Italy, whose chief centre was Marruvium, on the eastern shore of Lake Fucinus (which was drained in the time of Claudius). The area in which they lived is now called Marsica. They originally spoke a l ...

and the historic

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of the green and white team, Sandro (Giuseppe) Cimarra.Del Gusto, p. 15.

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