Stadio Mario Rigamonti
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Stadio Mario Rigamonti is a football ground in Brescia
, Italy
, home of Brescia Calcio
. It was built in 1928 and holds 27,547 (now 16,308 after reconstruction).
It is dedicated to Mario Rigamonti
, a defender of the Grande Torino who died in the Superga air disaster
in May 1949.
Brescia
Brescia is a city and comune in the region of Lombardy in northern Italy. It is situated at the foot of the Alps, between the Mella and the Naviglio, with a population of around 197,000. It is the second largest city in Lombardy, after the capital, Milan...
, Italy
Italy
Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...
, home of Brescia Calcio
Brescia Calcio
Brescia Calcio , known simply as Brescia, is the largest football club in the Lombard city of Brescia, where it was founded in 1911.In the 2009–10 season, in the return leg of the Serie B playoff final, they defeated Torino 2-1 at home , returning to Serie A after a 5-year absence...
. It was built in 1928 and holds 27,547 (now 16,308 after reconstruction).
It is dedicated to Mario Rigamonti
Mario Rigamonti
Mario Rigamonti was an Italian football player, who played for Torino FC and died in the Superga air disaster together with the whole Grande Torino team.-Biography:...
, a defender of the Grande Torino who died in the Superga air disaster
Superga air disaster
The Superga air disaster took place on Wednesday, 4 May 1949, when a plane carrying almost the entire Torino A.C. football squad, popularly known as Il Grande Torino, crashed into the hill of Superga near Turin killing all 31 aboard including 18 players, club officials, journalists accompanying the...
in May 1949.