Connected Sites
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Various arenas (athletics, wrestling etc)
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Pre-Columbian Ball court
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Pre-Columbian Ballcourt
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Roman Hippodrome (horse racing and chariot racing)
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Hippodrome and stadium for the Delian Games
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Used for basketball & tennis tournaments
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Jeu de paume, a French precursor of tennis : "Le cercle du Jeu de Paume de Fontainebleau accueille pour la première fois en France depuis 1740 (date du premier Championnat) le championnat du Monde de Jeu de Paume. Ce titre actuellement détenu par l'Australien Robert Fahey, sera défendu pour la septième fois consécutive du 20 au 24 mai (2008) par celui-ci".
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Place de la Carrière was designed for equestrian games
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Hypodrome at Elusa
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ballcourt in Yagul
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sports centre
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Garshāseb Zorkhānāsi: a palestra (nom file)
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2 ballcourts, one of which has been built over (wiki)
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"The public architecture programme of Tak’alik Ab’aj included a clay ball court from the Middle Preclassic period, one of the earliest known in Mesoamerica" (AB ev)
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"South of the Kaukas and Garden City areas lies the Ąžuolynas Park and Sports Complex. Developed as a recreational area using portions of a natural forest, it formed part of a city green belt. Sports facilities constructed in 1920-1922 included the Kaunas Stadium, the Hall of Physical Education and the Basketball Arena. The original stadium was demolished in the Soviet era and replaced by the Darius and Girėnas Stadium in 1978" (AB ev)
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Batarija igralište, a football field, lies partly in the core zone
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Roman circus
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The Parc de Champagne, created for the sporting activities of Maison Pommery employees (Nomination file, p. 26, 102) - The Parc de Champagne was used by employees of the Pommery company as a relaxation area and was then developed as a place for sports practice in 1913.
See fr.wikipedia.org
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Roman circus
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Ludus Magnus, Circus Maximus, Nero's Circus, Maxentius' Circus, Circus Flaminius, Circus Varianus
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Two ball-courts have been excavated, with characteristic I-shaped plans derived from Mesoamerica. (AB ev)
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Roman circus
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Plaza de Toros, one of Spain's oldest bullrings (1797)
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Maidan Shah (Polo)
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Pre-Columbian Ball court
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Olympic stadium
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Roman circus
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"has a circus designed for chariot racing, but it is barely visible nowadays" (wiki)
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The stadium is at the north end of the city. (AB ev)
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Ballcourt
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Kanustrecke Eiskanal - an artificial whitewater river in Augsburg, Germany, constructed as the canoe slalom venue for the 1972 Summer Olympics
See en.wikipedia.org
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Bowling Alley, built at the end of the 19th century.
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Pre-Columbian Ball courts (7)
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Marathon Tower at the Renato Dall’Ara stadium, initially built as "Littoriale" in the fascist 1920s, is integrated with the Certosa portico.
See cultofcalcio.com
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Teuchitlan site of Guachimontones, ball court
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Roberts Park. The park was a significant element in Sir Titus Salt's vision of what an "ideal" worker's village should contain and included from the start an area for playing Cricket - "Saltaire Cricket Club was founded in 1869, just 16 years after the opening of the famous Saltaire Mills in 1853. Roberts Park, a recreation area covering 14 acres and the home of the cricket club, was officially opened on July 25, 1871"
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stadium
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gymnasium
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Jeu de Paume (early Tennis)
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golf club
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(Monte Alban) Pre-Columbian Ball court
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On the site of the place Mozart, there was originally a tennis club, the Lawn Tennis Club. There were tennis courts until 1920, when the club moved to a site with more space, avenue Suzanne Lenglen, where it still resides. (Nomination file, p. 105, 166)
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Roman hippodrome. Its remains are close to the Blue Mosque.
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Bullring (Almaden)
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Shikinaen: The garden contained an archery field, as was usually the case with residences for feudal lords of Edo Period Japan (nom file)
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Great Spa Towns of Europe
Austria, Belgium, Czechia, France, Germany, Italy, United KingdomInscribed: 202144316Baden Baden tennis club founded in 1877 -
Palaestra (ancient Greek wrestling school)
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Pre-Columbian Ball court
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"The rectangular Ceremonial Ground is a relatively flat area originally annexed to the Castle as a residential area, but later cleared for carving out the open space." (AB Ev) It comprises "two multi-purpose grounds as integral elements of urban planning" that "strongly appear to have been used as stadiums as well as seasonal trading areas in addition to miscellaneous social and other activities". "The presence of a large ceremonial ground that could have been used for multipurpose activities like holding recreation activities, markets, local gatherings, sport activities, is another extraordinary example at Dholavira." (Nomination text, p. 93, 356)
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Shaolin Kung Fu
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Pre-Columbian Ball court
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Olympic Stadium
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Horse racing: The former grass parade-grounds are now known as the Garrison Savannah, and used as a horse racing circuit
See www.totallybarbados.com
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Stadium for the Pythian Games (various sports)
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Roman circus
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Bowling Alley
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Humberstone: Basketball, Tennis courts, and a Soccer Pitch. (AB ev)
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historical tennis court at the residential area
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"Three racecourses were built east of the main city. Two have an out-and-back course 80m wide and 10.42km long with a spectators' pavilion at the start and the third a pattern of four circles around a central pavilion (5.3km)." and "Tell Al-Alij is an artificial mound for the caliph to view the horse-races" (Nom File)