Locations for playing sport

Three common groups of these are: Roman amphitheatres (for gladiator fights), Roman circuses (for chariot racing) and Pre-Columbian Ball courts (for the Mesoamerican ballgame).

World Heritage Sites connected to 'Locations for playing sport':

  • Amphitheater of El Jem Roman amphitheatre
  • Aquileia Roman amphitheatre & circus
  • Archaeological Site of Delphi Stadium for the Pythian Games (various sports)
  • Arles
  • Bordeaux "antique amphitheatre, the Palais Gallien (Gallien Palace)" (AB)
  • Bosra Roman amphitheatre & circus
  • Centennial Hall Used for basketball & tennis tournaments
  • Central University City Campus of the UNAM Olympic stadium
  • Chichen-Itza Pre-Columbian Ball court
  • Cilento and Vallo di Diano Paestum: Roman amphitheatre
  • Ciudad Universitaria de Caracas Olympic Stadium
  • Copan Pre-Columbian Ball court
  • Cyrene Roman Amphiteatre
  • Delos Hippodrome and stadium for the Delian Games
  • Dolomites Skiing, Maratona dles Dolomites (Cycling)
  • Dougga/Thugga Roman circus
  • El Tajin Pre-Columbian Ball court
  • Istanbul Roman hippodrome. Its remains are close to the Blue Mosque.
  • Leptis Magna Roman amphitheatre and circus
  • Lyon Roman amphitheatre
  • Maritime Greenwich Greenwich Park is (in the face of some controversy) to be used for the 2012 London Olympics Equestrian and Modern Pentathalon events; link
  • Meidan Emam, Esfahan Maidan Shah (Polo)
  • Mérida Roman amphitheatre and circus
  • Oaxaca and Monte Alban (Monte Alban) Pre-Columbian Ball court
  • Ohrid Region Ohrid Lake (Swimming Marathon)
  • Olympia Various arenas (athletics, wrestling etc)
  • Palenque Pre-Columbian Ball court
  • Paquimé Ballcourt
  • Paris, Banks of the Seine Jeu de Paume (early Tennis)
  • Pompei Roman amphitheatre ("Built in 70AD, Pompeii's amphitheatre is the oldest and most complete pre-Colosseum style amphitheatre in the Roman world.")
  • Quirigua Ballcourt
  • Rideau Canal The world's largest skating rink
  • Rome Roman amphitheatre and circus: Colosseum, Castrense Amphiteatre, Ludus Magnus, Circus Maximus, Nero's Circus, Maxentius' Circus, Circus Flaminius, Circus Varianus
  • Sanctuary of Asklepios at Epidaurus Palaestra (ancient Greek wrestling school)
  • Siena Palio, a traditional medieval horse race
  • Site of Carthage Roman amphitheatre
  • Syracuse Roman amphitheatre
  • Tárraco Roman amphitheatre and circus
  • Tequila Teuchitlan site of Guachimontones, ball court
  • Tikal National Park Pre-Columbian Ball courts (7)
  • Tipasa Roman amphitheatre
  • Trier Roman amphitheatre
  • Tyre Roman Hippodrome (horse racing and chariot racing)
  • Uxmal Pre-Columbian Ballcourt
  • Verona Roman amphitheatre
  • Xochicalco Ballcourt