ATHENS - The Kallimarmaro stadium
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The Kallimarmaro stadium occupies the exact site of the original Panathenaic Stadium which was built in 330 BC. It is built with white Pentelic marble, it is 204 meters (669 feet) long and 83 meters (272 feet) wide and has a capacity of 60,000. It was first reconstructed during Hadrian’s reign (76-138 AD) and then rebuilt in white marble by Herodes Atticus for the Panathenaic Games in 144 AD. The site was excavated between 1869 and 1879 by Ernst Ziller. In 1895 George Averof gave 4 million drachmas in gold (about $15,000) in order to restore the stadium in time for the first modern Olympic Games on April 5th, 1896. The stadium’s contemporary structure is a true copy of the one built in 144 AD by Herodes Atticus.
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