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"The Panathinaiko or Panathenaic Stadium, also known as the Kallimarmaro (i.e. the "beautifully marbled"), is an athletic stadium in Athens that hosted the first modern Olympic Games in 1896. Reconstructed from the remains of the ancient Greek stadium, the Panathinaiko is the only major stadium in the world built entirely of white marble (from Mount Penteli) and one of the oldest stadiums in the world.

History

In ancient times, the stadium was used to host the athletic portion of the Panathenaic Games, in honour of the Goddess Athena. During classical times, it had wooden seating. It was remade in marble, by the archon Lycurgus, in 329 BC and was enlarged and renovated by Herodes Atticus, in 140 AD, to a seated capacity of 50,000. The remnants of the ancient structure were excavated and refurbished, with funds provided by Evangelis Zappas for the revival of the Olympic Games. Evangelis Zappas sponsored the Olympic Games that were held there in 1870 and 1875. The stadium was refurbished a second time in 1895 for the 1896 Olympics, with completion funding provided by the Greek benefactor George Averoff (whose marble statue now stands at the entrance), based on designs by architects Anastasios Metaxas and Ernst Ziller.

Design

The stadium was built long before dimensions for athletics venues were standardized and its track and layout follow the ancient hairpin-like model.

It could seat about 80,000 spectators on 50 rows of marble steps and currently holds 45,000 spectators."

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