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A football game between Sporting Braga and Celta Vigo inaugurated the opening of the stadium on 30 December 2003. The stadium became a UEFA -approved site to host the UEFA Europa League final, as well as participation in the elite competition for Europe 's top clubs, the UEFA Champions League. [citation needed]
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Braga Municipal Stadium is a football stadium built especially as one of the hosts of Euro 2004. Of the seven new stadia built for the occasion Portugal, the Braga has been identified as the most spectacular, and was named by UEFA as one of the most interesting works in the landscape of sports structures. The architect in charge was Eduardo Souto d...
Braga Municipal Stadium is located within the Sports Park Dume on the north coast of Monte Castro. It is one of the highest in the city. Forty feet mediate between the level of the village and the natural esplanade, stretching northward built Cávado River plain. The place was chosen to avoid making a retaining wall on the banks of the valley. The w...
Naturalize artificialize architecture and the environment are, in this architecture, the same thing, two operations to construct reality simulation, displaying a consistent strategy that is not explicit, which naturally is built, and whose authenticity is simulated. The work forms a whole with the surrounding landscape, emerging where once there wa...
The stadium was built with steps only in the side of the pitch. The reinforced concrete structure with simple lines define the two stands. Three circular galleries across the bleachers, allowing pass through easily. The absence of other forums in the other two sides makes the stadium is more open to the outside with respect to similar structures an...
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Jun 23, 2024 · Commissioned to design the Braga Municipal Stadium in the early 2000s, Souto de Moura faced the challenge of integrating a large-scale sports facility into the natural landscape of Braga, a city rich in history and cultural heritage.
Jun 15, 2011 · The Braga Municipal Stadium located in Portugal was designed by 2011 Pritzker Prize winner Eduardo Souto de Moura. The ceremony for the Pritzker Prize (which we attended) was held just a few...
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Estadio Municipal de Braga officially opened on 30 December 2003 with a friendly match between Braga and Celta de Vigo. The stadium hosted two first round group matches during the Euro 2004 tournament.
Date 2000 - 2003. City Braga. Country Portugal. Photographer Christian Richters. Built for the football Eurocup held in Portugal in 2004, the Municipal Stadium of Braga is located on the precipitous terrain of an old limestone quarry on the northern side of Monte Castro.
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Dec 30, 2003 · Estádio Municipal de Braga – stadium description. It tends to be called the most beautiful or at least one of the most interesting stadiums in the world. Braga’s municipal stadium was built in what used to be a quarry, thus receiving a nickname “A Padreira” (Quarry).
