Panathenaic Stadium (Panathinaiko Stadio) Athens

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    If a bird has the flu, does it sneeze?

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    ... in this beautiful, quiet heaven but we had lots of places to go. Cutting through the park gave us a short cut to the Panathenaic Stadium. In ancient times it was used to host the athletic portion of the Panathenaic Games in honor of the Goddess Athena. ...

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    Greece striking, go go go go go go!

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    ... go go go! After we disciplined our emu tour guide, we headed to other interesting sites around Athens including Hadrian's gate, Zeus's temple, The Panathenaic Stadium (where the modern olympics started) and the Agora. All was going well and we were ...

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    Travels Part IV

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    ... Gardens and on to the Zappeio Palce which was used as the Olympic village in the recent olympics. Next port of call was the Panathenaic Stadium where the olympic games of 1896 took place and the marathon finished in 2004. Then it was on to the Temple ...

  • 4

    Welcome to Athens!

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    ... that you have no idea exactly what you are going to get.. 11/01 - We did a sightseeing tour of Athens today. Our first stop was at the Panathenaic Stadium which is where the first Olympic Games of the Modern Era were held in 1896. We saw the remains ...

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    History Lesson Part 1

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    ... for recovery, I headed out into the city, eager to take in the sights. Closest to the hostel was the Panathenaic Stadium, a huge horseshoe shaped arena used in the first of the modern Olympics in 1896 and then again in 2004 games. Further ...

  • 6

    Athens - It's All Greek to Me

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    ... ... not really, but it should have been.) We finally left the freeway and were heading into Athens proper.  Then I saw a landmark I recognized: the Panathenaic Stadium, which I knew from reading was close to Plaka. Excellent. I was at least ...

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    National Garden of Athens

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    ... pleasant stroll in the National Park I notice that my camera’s battery is flat! I am disappointed because I was planning to get to the other side to the Kallimarmaro –The Panathenaic Stadium of Athens which I will probably go another time. ...

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    Athens

    ... , the Temple of Olympian Zeus and the Panathenaic Stadium, but also the Saronic Gulf, which feeds into the Mediterranean Sea. The Panathenaic Stadium is the old Olympic stadium which was rebuilt in the 19th century AD but is still in the location of the ...

  • 9

    Athens Greece

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    ...   Then our first stop was the Olympic Stadium constructed in 1895 on the same site as the ancient Panathenaic Stadium. The ancient stadium on this site was constructed between 330 BC to 140 AC. The Roman emperor Hadrian made the resources available ...

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    Off we go again!

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    ... columns gave us a great idea of how truly impressive this temple would have been. From here we went on to the Panathenaic stadium - a stadium originally built & used in the 4th c BC which was completely restored in 1895 to host the 1st modern ...