Football Stadium in Braga

Ten stadiums were either newly built or refurbished for the European football championships in Portugal this year. Architecturally, the highlight is the stadium in Braga in the extreme north of the country. Accommodating 30,000 spectators, the arena nestles in a former granite quarry, crouching beneath the Monte Castro hills. When illuminated during night-time matches, however, it resembles a discrete, archaic...