 The stadium is a landmark of Évora and contrarily to popular belief not only associated with Lusitano.The genesis of its construction is umbilically linked to the outbreak of sport in the city and was the first permanent site dedicated to the practice of "athletic sports", as it was called.The construction initiative came from the Ateneu Sport Eborense, founded 15 June 1913 by a group of athletes who had left Sport Vitória Académico and who leased the site for fifteen years to install a football and athletics facility (to a lesser extent shooting and equestrianism).