Estadio Municipal de Braga

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Estadio Municipal de Braga

Estadio Municipal de Braga is a football stadium located in Braga, Portugal. The stadium is currently used by the Sporting Clube de Braga football team. Designed by Portuguese architect Eduardo Souto Moura and constructed by the engineer Rui Furtado the stadium is a work of great beauty, as a number of unusual architectural and engineering work of art is placed here. The set gathers the Urban Park implanted the slopes of Monte Castro, on the outskirts of the urban area of Braga facing the valley of the Rio Cávado.
This is a project of innovative architectural designs, fit for a stadium with 30 thousand seats capacity and only two side benches, and the tops of the stadium are made by an amphitheater of rock hillside. The coverage takes as reference the bridges built by the Inca civilization in Peru, in order to illuminate the grass with natural light, thus preserving the natural quality of the pitch. It should be noted that this work was awarded the Secil Prize in 2004 (Category Architecture), and in 2005 (Category Civil Engineering). On 9 July 2007, it was announced the agreement between Sporting Clube de Braga and the insurance company AXA and the stadium changed its name to AXA Stadium.
The stadium was on several occasions, considered one of the most original and beautiful stadiums in the world. The Financial Times in an article on the British arenas mentions the stadium as one of the 4 examples of beautiful grounds. The Stadium is also UEFA approved to host the UEFA Europa League final as well as to participate in the UEFA Champion's League.
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