Stadio Olimpico Carlo Zecchini (formerly known as Stadio Olimpico Comunale) is a multi-use

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Grosseto Grosseto () is a city and a ''comune'' in the central Italian region of Tuscany, the capital of the province of Grosseto and the main city of the Maremma region. The city lies from the Tyrrhenian Sea, at the centre of an alluvial plain on the ...

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. It is currently used mostly for

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matches and is the home ground of U.S. Grosseto. The stadium holds 10,200. During the

1960 Summer Olympics The 1960 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XVII Olympiad () and commonly known as Rome 1960 (), were an international multi-sport event held from 25 August to 11 September 1960 in Rome, Italy. Rome had previously been awar ...

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, the stadium hosted several

preliminaries. It has also hosted home matches of U.S. Gavorrano and U.S. Pianese.

References

1960 Summer Olympics official report.
Volume 1. p. 86. US Grosseto 1912 Venues of the 1960 Summer Olympics Carlo Zecchini Buildings and structures in Grosseto Sports venues in Tuscany Sport in Grosseto {{Summer-Olympic-venue-stub