San Mamés Stadium (1913)

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The San Mamés Stadium (Estadio San Mamés [esˈtaðjo sam maˈmes], also known as La Catedral [la kateˈðɾal], "The Cathedral") was a football stadium in Bilbao, Biscay, Spain. The stadium was the home of Athletic Bilbao, known as Los Leones de San Mamés-Bilboko lehoiak (The Lions of San Mamés). They are known as Los Leones because their stadium was built near a church called San Mamés (Saint Mammes). Mammes was an early Christian, born in A.D. 259, who was thrown to the lions by the Romans. It closed on 5 June 2013 and was demolished thereafter. The club's new stadium, of the same name, was inaugurated on 16 September 2013.

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