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. Inaugurated in 1959, it was designed by the architects

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and Aniballe Vitellozzi to host the

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, diving,

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, and swimming portion of the

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events for the

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. The venue was refurbished to host the

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, and reconfigured and expanded for the 1994 World Aquatics Championships. The stadium was the main venue of the World Championships again in

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, and will host the

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in 2022.

References

1960 Summer Olympics official report.
Volume 1. pp. 62–4.
1960 Summer Olympics official report.
Volume 2. Part 2. p. 661. Sports venues in Rome Venues of the 1960 Summer Olympics Olympic diving venues Olympic modern pentathlon venues Olympic swimming venues Olympic water polo venues Sports venues completed in 1959 Rome Q. XV Della Vittoria {{Summer-Olympic-venue-stub