Estadio Atanasio Girardot
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Atanasio Girardot Stadium (Spanish: Estadio Atanasio Girardot), commonly referred to as El Atanasio, is a multi-purpose stadium in Medellín, Colombia.
Located in the Laureles comuna of Medellin, the stadium is currently used mostly for football matches by Atlético Nacional and Independiente Medellín, the most popular clubs in the Antioquia Department. On occasion, the stadium has held Colombia national team matches too.
Its current capacity is 44,826 which ranks as the third largest in the country behind Estadio Deportivo Cali and Estadio Metropolitano Roberto Meléndez. The stadium was named after Atanasio Girardot, a Colombian revolutionary leader who fought alongside Simón Bolívar.
The stadium is part of the Atanasio Girardot Sports Complex.
Adapted from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)。Photography via Wikimedia Commons.