The city football ground, west of the centre on Bulevardul Ilie Balaci, rebuilt and opened in 2017 on the site of the old stadium. A single curved shell of ribbed aluminium over an open bowl, seating a little over 30,000 — the most striking modern building in Craiova, and visible from a long way off. Home to Universitatea Craiova; the word BĂNIE stands in concrete letters on the forecourt. The forecourt is open to walk across on any day; the interior only on match days or by arrangement.
Walk round the back of the stadium and the housing on the far side is worth a look in its own right — columned porches, pedimented roofs and a great deal of gilded ironwork, with the aluminium shell rising behind them. Photographed on the Random sights page.
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