S.S. Lazio Calcio Gaelico S.S. Lazio Calcio Gaelico S.S. Lazio Calcio Gaelico, also known as "Lazio GAA", is a Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA) club based in Rome, Italy. The club caters for men and ladies' Gaelic Football and is part of Polisportiva Lazio, the biggest European multi-sport club known most of all for their association football team. The teams play in the Central-East region of Europe GAA and it's one of the three Italian teams, among with Ascaro Rovigo and Padova Gaelic Football, recognized by GAA. Originally the club has been founded and known as Rome Gaelic Football by one the owners of one
Calcio Fiorentino attended a game of "bridge fighting" – put on in his honor during a visit to Venice. The king is recorded as saying: "Too small to be a real war and too cruel to be a game". Interest in "Calcio" waned in the early 17th century. However, in 1930 it was reorganized as a game in Kingdom of Italy, under Benito Mussolini. It was widely played by amateurs in streets and squares using handmade balls of cloth or animal skin. Today, three matches are played each year in "Piazza Santa Croce" in Florence in the 3rd week of June. A