{"id":232,"date":"2008-01-06T21:27:37","date_gmt":"2008-01-06T11:27:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.travelsignposts.com\/wordpress\/?p=232"},"modified":"2008-01-06T21:27:37","modified_gmt":"2008-01-06T11:27:37","slug":"athens-sights-kallimarmaro-stadium-or-the-ancient-olympic-stadium","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.travelsignposts.com\/wordpress\/greece\/things-to-see-in-athens\/athens-sights-kallimarmaro-stadium-or-the-ancient-olympic-stadium","title":{"rendered":"Athens Sights &#8211; Kallimarmaro Stadium or the Ancient Olympic Stadium"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"float: right\"><script type=\"text\/javascript\"><!--\r\ngoogle_ad_client = \"pub-1009507070974015\";\r\ngoogle_alternate_ad_url = \"http:\/\/www.travelsignposts.com\/google_adsense_script.html\";\r\ngoogle_ad_width = 300;\r\ngoogle_ad_height = 250;\r\ngoogle_ad_format = \"300x250_as\";\r\ngoogle_ad_type = \"text_image\";\r\n\/\/2007-06-30: TSBlog 300x250\r\ngoogle_ad_channel = \"2928184950\";\r\ngoogle_color_border = \"FFFFFF\";\r\ngoogle_color_bg = \"FFFFFF\";\r\ngoogle_color_link = \"FF6600\";\r\ngoogle_color_text = \"000000\";\r\ngoogle_color_url = \"339933\";\r\n\/\/-->\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\"\r\n  src=\"http:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/show_ads.js\">\r\n<\/script><\/p>\n<p>The world over, people are familiar with the Olympic Games and every four years many spend a few weeks glued to television sets, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.travelsignposts.com\/Destination\/v\/Greece\/Athens\/athens_0041.jpg.html\" title=\"Kallimarmaro Stadium or Ancient Olympic Stadium, Athens\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.travelsignposts.com\/Destination\/d\/16055-2\/athens_0041.jpg?resize=110%2C85\" alt=\"Kallimarmaro Stadium or Ancient Olympic Stadium, Athens\" style=\"width: 110px; height: 85px\" title=\"Kallimarmaro Stadium or Ancient Olympic Stadium, Athens\" align=\"right\" border=\"0\" height=\"85\" hspace=\"5\" vspace=\"5\" width=\"110\" \/><\/a>watching their favourite sports and willing their home team to win.  It&#8217;s therefore imperative on any visit to Athens, that we visit the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.travelsignposts.com\/Destination\/v\/Greece\/Athens\/athens_0041.jpg.html\" title=\"Kallimarmaro Stadium or Ancient Olympic Stadium, Athens\">Kallimarmaro Stadium<\/a>, also known as the Panathinaiko Stadium for this is where the modern games began.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.travelsignposts.com\/Destination\/v\/Greece\/Athens\/athens_0042.jpg.html\" title=\"Kallimarmaro Stadium or Ancient Olympic Stadium, Athens\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.travelsignposts.com\/Destination\/d\/16057-2\/athens_0042.jpg?resize=110%2C85\" alt=\"Kallimarmaro Stadium or Ancient Olympic Stadium, Athens\" style=\"width: 110px; height: 85px\" title=\"Kallimarmaro Stadium or Ancient Olympic Stadium, Athens\" align=\"left\" border=\"0\" height=\"85\" hspace=\"5\" vspace=\"5\" width=\"110\" \/><\/a>This giant marble structure is located downtown, just south of the National Garden.  The first time we saw it was before the 2004 Athens Games.  We were lucky to have been able to go into the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.travelsignposts.com\/Destination\/v\/Greece\/Athens\/athens_0042.jpg.html\" title=\"Kallimarmaro Stadium or Ancient Olympic Stadium, Athens\">Stadium <\/a>and climbed up to the top to test the hard marble seat.  We wondered how comfortable it would be sitting on the hard surface for long stretches of time and were subsequently assured that cushions are placed on the steps.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.travelsignposts.com\/Destination\/v\/Greece\/Athens\/AJP_3316.jpg.html\" title=\"Kallimarmaro Stadium during the 1956 Games, Athens\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.travelsignposts.com\/Destination\/d\/38377-2\/AJP_3316.jpg?resize=110%2C85\" alt=\"Kallimarmaro Stadium or Ancient Olympic Stadium, Athens\" style=\"width: 110px; height: 85px\" title=\"Kallimarmaro Stadium or Ancient Olympic Stadium, Athens\" align=\"right\" border=\"0\" height=\"85\" hspace=\"5\" vspace=\"5\" width=\"110\" \/><\/a>The stadium occupies the very site of the original Panathenaic Stadium built by Lykourgos in 330 BC and was reconstructed for gladiatorial contests during Hadrian&#8217;s time.    The reconstruction into white marble was done by the very wealthy Roman Herodes Atticus for the Panathenaic Games in AD 144.   After many years of neglect, the marble was quarried and used for building works &#8211; what sacrilege!  Luckily, in 1895 a very generous benefactor gave 4 million <a href=\"http:\/\/www.travelsignposts.com\/Destination\/v\/Greece\/Athens\/AJP_3312.jpg.html\" title=\"Kallimarmaro Stadium, Athens\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.travelsignposts.com\/Destination\/d\/38369-2\/AJP_3312.jpg?resize=110%2C85\" alt=\"Kallimarmaro Stadium, Athens\" style=\"width: 110px; height: 85px\" title=\"Kallimarmaro Stadium, Athens\" align=\"left\" border=\"0\" height=\"85\" hspace=\"5\" vspace=\"5\" width=\"110\" \/><\/a>drachmas for its restoration in time for the first modern <a href=\"http:\/\/www.travelsignposts.com\/Destination\/v\/Greece\/Athens\/AJP_3316.jpg.html\" title=\"Kallimarmaro Stadium during the 1956 Games, Athens\">Olympic Games <\/a>on 5th April 1896.  The current structure is a replica of the one built by Herodes Atticus.  Everything else is history &#8230;.<a href=\"http:\/\/www.travelsignposts.com\/Destination\/v\/Greece\/Athens\/AJP_3312.jpg.html\" title=\"Kallimarmaro Stadium, Athens\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Of course the Greeks have built newer and more high tech stadiums for various sports for the 2004 games and the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.travelsignposts.com\/Destination\/v\/Greece\/Athens\/AJP_3312.jpg.html\" title=\"Kallimarmaro Stadium, Athens\">Kallimarmaro <\/a>is now frequently used to host the homecoming of victorious Greek atheletes.<\/p>\n<p>Helen<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The world over, people are familiar with the Olympic Games and every four years many spend a few weeks glued to television sets, watching their favourite sports and willing their home team to win. 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