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Panathenaic Stadium
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stadium in Athens, Greece
Key facts
- Location
- Pangrati , Athens , Greece
- Owner
- Hellenic Olympic Committee
- Capacity
- 144 AD: 50,000, 1896: 60,000
- Record attendance
- 70,000 ( AEK Athens vs Slavia VŠ Praha , 1968)
- Public transit
- Zappio tram stop
- Built
- 6th century BC (racecourse) , c. 330 BC (in limestone by Lykourgos ) , c. 144 AD (in marble by Herodes Atticus )
- Architect
- Anastasios Metaxas (1896 renovation)
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Wikidata facts
- Named after
- Pentelic marble
- Official name
- Stadio Panathinaiko
- Country
- Greece
- Located in
- Athens Municipality
- Shares border with
- Ardettus
- Owned by
- Hellenic Olympic Committee
- Operator
- Hellenic Olympic Committee
- Material used
- marble
- Creator
- Lycurgus of Athens
- Location
- Athens
- Sport
- 110 metres hurdles
- Official website
- www.panathenaicstadium.gr
- Image
- GR-athen-panathinaiko-stadion.jpg
- Width
- 33.35
- Length
- 204.07
- Significant event
- 1969 European Athletics Championships
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- native label
- Παναθηναϊκό Στάδιο
- postal code
- 116 35
- offers view on
- Philopappou
- culture
- Ancient Greece
- floors above ground
- 47
- architect
- Ernst Ziller
- Commons category
- Panathenaic Stadium
- maximum capacity
- 68000
- inception
- 0329-00-00
- funder
- Georgios Averoff
- main building contractor
- Herodes Atticus
- street address
- Vasileos Konstantinou Avenue
- located on street
- Vasileos Konstantinou Avenue
- occupant
- Hellenic Olympic Committee
- capital cost
- 1000000
- surface played on
- rubber
- architectural style
- ancient Greek architecture
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Encyclopedic overview
The Panathenaic Stadium (Greek: Παναθηναϊκό Στάδιο, romanized: Panathinaïkó Stádio, [panaθinai̯ˈko ˈstaðio]) or Kallimarmaro (Καλλιμάρμαρο [kaliˈmaɾmaɾo], lit. 'beautiful marble') is a multi-purpose stadium in Athens, Greece. One of the main historic attractions of Athens, it is the only stadium in the world built entirely of marble.
A stadium was built on the site of a simple racecourse by the Athenian statesman Lykourgos (Lycurgus) c. 330 BC, primarily for the Panathenaic Games. It was rebuilt in marble by Herodes Atticus, an Athenian Roman senator, by 144 AD. It had a capacity of 50,000 seats. After the rise of Christianity in the 4th century it was largely abandoned. The stadium was excavated in 1869 and hosted the Zappas Olympics in 1870 and 1875. After being refurbished, it hosted the opening and closing ceremonies of the first modern Olympics in 1896 and was the venue for 4 of the 9 contested sports. It was used for various purposes in the 20th century and was once again used as an Olympic venue in 2004. It is the finishing point for the annual Athens Classic Marathon. It is also the last venue in Greece from where the Olympic flame handover ceremony to the host nation takes place.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Panathenaic Stadium” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.