Podolí Swimming Stadium

{{Infobox building

| name = Podolí Swimming Stadium

| native_name = Plavecký stadion Podolí

| location = Podolí, Prague 4

| completion_date = 1965

| start_date = 1959

| architect = Richard Podzemný

| seating_capacity = 5000

| renovation_date = 2000–2001

| image = Swimming pool Prague-Podoli (4).JPG

| caption = Podolí Swimming Stadium viewed from Kavčí hory

}}

Podolí Swimming Stadium (in Czech: Plavecký stadion Podolí) is a swimming centre in Prague, Czech Republic, which is located on the right side of Vltava river in Podolí neighborhood.{{Cite web|url=https://www.prague-guide.co.uk/podoli-swimming-pool-complex/|title=Podoli Swimming Pool Complex|date=2015-11-27|website=Prague Guide|access-date=2020-01-29}} It contains two 50 meter-long pools (outside and inside), 33 meter pool for water polo, spa or other facilities including seating for 5000 spectators.{{Cite web|url=https://www.prague.eu/en/object/places/922/podoli-swimming-centre|title=Podolí Swimming Centre|date=|website=Prague.eu|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2020-01-29}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.pragueexperience.com/places.asp?PlaceID=805|title=Swimming Pool Podoli in Prague|last=|first=|date=|website=Prague Experience|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2020-01-29}} It was built between 1959 and 1965 on the site of a former mine. Design of the complex, symbolizing a big water wave, was created by a Czech architect Richard Podzemný.

The complex had an average of around 2500 visitors daily in 2015.{{Cite web|url=https://ct24.ceskatelevize.cz/regiony/1539238-podolsky-stadion-zdobi-prahu-pul-stoleti|title=Podolský stadion zdobí Prahu půl století|publisher=Česká televize|website=ČT24|language=cs|access-date=2020-01-29}}

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