Estadio San Mamés
Estadio San Mamés, AKA La Catedral (The Cathedral), is a football stadium in Bilbao, Basque Country, Spain. The stadium is the home of Athletic Bilbao, known as "Los leones de San Mamés-Bilboko leoiak" (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 thrown to the lions by the Romans. The lions refused to eat Mammes and he was later made a saint.
Aerial photo ID: 257-AA-Blom
Author: Latitude Image, S.L.
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Aerial photo size: 10.4 Mpixels (29.7 MB uncompressed) - 3969x2617 pixels (13.2x8.7 in / 33.6x22.2 cm at 300 ppi)
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