Stadio Artemio Franchi

A rationalist masterpiece with a famous helical tower; the redevelopment keeps the tower while replacing the stands.

Stadio Artemio Franchi has been the home of Fiorentina since 1931, and holds 43,147 spectators for football. The playing surface is grass, and the record attendance of 52,000 was set in a fixture that still gets talked about in Florence.

For a matchday, the ground sits in Florence and is served by local rail and bus routes; arriving 45 minutes before kick-off is the difference between a queue and a seat. Away supporters are usually housed in one corner block, and the atmosphere is loudest behind the goal at the home end.