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Panathenaic Stadium
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Full name Panathenaic Stadium
Location Pangrati, Athens, Greece
Built ca. 566 BC
329 BC (rebuilt in marble)
Renovated 1869 (1870 & 1875 Olympics)
1895–1896 (1896 Summer Olympics & 1906 Intercalated Games)
2000–2004 (2004 Summer Olympics)
Owner Greek state government
Architect Anastasios Metaxas,
Ernst Ziller.
Capacity 50,000 (140)
80,000 (1896)
45,000 (current)[1]
Tenants
Panathenaic Games
1896 Summer Olympics
1906 Intercalated Games
2004 Olympics Archery

The Panathenaic Stadium or Panathinaiko (Greek: Παναθηναϊκό στάδιο, also known as the Kallimarmaro (Καλλιμάρμαρο, meaning the "beautifully marbled"),is the most ancient stadium in use in the world, is an athletic stadium in Athens that hosted the first modern Olympic Games in 1896. Reconstructed from the remains of an ancient Greek stadium, the Panathenaic is the only major stadium in the world built entirely of white marble[citation needed] (from Mount Penteli) and is one of the oldest in the world.

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