Stadium Merdeka
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| place | Kuala Lumpur , Malaysia |
| operator | Perbadanan Stadium Merdeka |
| start of building | September 25, 1956 |
| surface | Natural grass , tartan track |
| architect | Stanley Edward Jewkes |
| capacity | 20,000 |
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The Stadium Merdeka (Independence Stadium) is a stadium in Kuala Lumpur , Malaysia . It is one of the places where the Malaya Federation's formal declaration of independence was held on August 31, 1957 and the nation's first modern building. The stadium was a venue in Kuala Lumpur for celebrations and sporting events until 1962 when the Negara Stadium was built. In 2008 the Stadium Merdeka received the UNESCO Asia-Pacific Award for Excellence for Heritage Conservation for its cultural significance and design of a declaration of independence event.
Individual evidence
- ↑ National Sports Complex ( Memento of the original from August 21, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . Cuti Malaysia. Retrieved August 17, 2007.
- ↑ Archived copy ( memento of the original from July 30, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
