[Wikipedia] The stadium held the opening and closing ceremonies of the 1896 Olympics. On 6 April (25 March according to the Julian calendar then in use in Greece), the games of the First Olympiad were officially opened; it was Easter Monday for both the Western and Eastern Christian Churches and the anniversary of Greece's independence. The stadium was filled with an estimated 60,000 spectators, including King George I of Greece, his wife Olga, and their sons. Most of the competing athletes were aligned on the infield, grouped by nation. After a speech by the president of the organizing committee, Crown Prince Constantine, his father officially opened the games.

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The #Panathenaic Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium in #Athens, #Greece. One of the main historic attractions of Athens, it is the only stadium in the world built entirely of marble.

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[Wikipedia] Image: first day of the 1896 Olympics. Athens had been unanimously chosen to stage the inaugural modern Games during a congress organised by Coubertin in Paris on 23 June 1894 (during which the IOC was also created) because Greece was the birthplace of the ancient Olympic Games.

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The 1896 Summer Olympics, or the Games of the I #Olympiad, commonly known as #Athens 1896, were the first international Olympic Games held in modern history.

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