The birthplace of the modern Olympics

Whether Archipelago Museum of Acropolis, Delphi, Athens, and whether you are playful or not, certainly the birthplace of the modern Olympics is about 2,500 years old with the Panathenaic Stadium. I was fortunate to be associated with the history of the Panathenaic stadium while traveling to Greece.

Before knowing the historical background of the Panathenaic Stadium, it needs to know two major features. The first is the Olympic Games here in 1896, and the second is that the Panathenaic Stadium is currently the only marble stadium with 60,000 spectators in the world. Used to build temples of the ancient city of Athens, Acropolis, 17 kilometers away from Athens, the Marble of Mount Penelikin Researchers have used the same stone to build the stadium.

The Panathenaic Stadium was built by the then-old diplomatic expert of the ancient Greece of Lycurgus BC 330 BC. This stadium was originally designed to show the Panamanian game.

What is the Panamanian game?

Panathenaic Stadium,

The Panamanian game is a religious and social festival of ancient Greece, which was celebrated with the devotion to Athena, every four years. This festival included various types of sports, physical exercises, dance, and song competitions. The game started in Athens in 550 BC in 556 AD. The location of the Panathenaic Stadium is between Agra and Editors, which is understood to be at the end of the gallery.

Over time, the Roman Empire dominated and the stadium, which was destroyed by warfare, was abandoned some time. Later, during the reign of Roman Emperor Hadrian (117-135 AD) he repaired it, and with the formation of the rectangle, its audience capacity was increased from 40 thousand to 60 thousand. In addition to various sports competitions, there is regular play competition in the horseshoe game.

After several centuries, Greece achieved its independence in 1830 and started thinking of introducing the modern Olympic Games by starting its journey as a new form of the Panathenaic Stadium. Finally, on 6 April 1896, that thought ended. As the world's first Olympic Games organizing country by creating Greece history again on the map of the world.

Let's say a little about my experience

From the bus I could see the stadium My tourist bus stopped on the other side of the street, crossed the road and stood in front of a huge square. From a distance, I saw the flag of Greece and the flag with the symbol of the Olympic Games in the air. Standing in front of a closed gate, everyone sticks the picture behind the stadium. I waited for a while and made a picture of everyone. Then I searched for the ticket house. There is a notice on the front of the ticket house, tickets written for students of any European country are free, but the student will have to show the card. I like this special event for the students, the students enjoy this facility throughout Greece, which certainly deserves praise. To see the ticket near the gate, an audio device is provided, which will help you turn around and get acquainted with history. When going back, the audio device must be left in the right place.

Inserting white marmalade stones in the inside of the two hands salute. From a distance, it seems like a white rock hill. All the teeth have gone out of ignorance. Viewers touched the chair chairs at the touch. This is also possible! The whole stone stadium! Each row has carved a seat number engraved on the stone. In front of the main entrance, there is a description of a stone engraving that contains information about the entire area of ​​the Panathenaic Stadium - its area is 8 hectares, length 200 meters, width is 40 meters. Its height from the sea level is 280 feet. When I needed to rest a little while, I sat in a chair and listened to the note of the audio and carefully note the notes. From the audio, I have a museum on one side of the viewer row and requested to visit it. After the rest, I went to the museum.

The entrance to the museum is quite enchanting, there is a Prague-historic climate created by light-shadow games, wall paintings, and designs. The first floor contains information related to the history of Panathainek, with photos. The poster of the first Olympic Games poster, along with the poster of the Olympic Games held in different countries in the nineteenth century. There were several times used to keep things used in the Olympic Games. There is a small shop on the second floor. There are books on the history of the Panathenaic stadium. You can buy the last Olympic poster from the first Olympics to today. Pananthenike Stadium Athens and all glory of Greece in the 21st Century. The Greek people call this historic establishment as CalimerMaro, which means beautiful marble in the Greek language. At that time, for the purpose of organizing the Olympic Games, the Greek government was not quite economical enough to repair the stadium. George Everfah, a Greek wealthy man, was repaired with a grant of 15 million dollars, with the Panathenaic stadium.

After visiting the entire stadium, returning the audio device back and looking back once again, auctioned white beauty.

And one thing, the visitors of the Panathenaic stadium do not forget to see the top view in the gallery and at the top row! You can reach the top of the 107 steps.