On April 6, 1896, the first modern Olympic games began in Athens, Greece with the opening ceremony in the Panathenaic Stadium ...

The relevant authorities carried out inspections of the structure – Its final form did not match what had been submitted in ...

The Panathenaic Stadium held the first modern Olympic Games in 1896, and it was built on the site of a former stadium used for the Panathenaic games that dates back to 566 B.C. The unique marble ...

The British pop icon emphatically supports the return of the Acropolis sculptures taken by Lord Elgin, urging Britain to ...

The Panathenaic Stadium became the first modern Olympic ... Notably, it saw the youngest ever Olympic winner when a Greek gymnast called Dimitrios Loundras took home a bronze medal as part of ...

Once lit, 600 torchbearers carried the flame through 41 Greek towns to the Panathenaic Stadium in Athens. From Athens, the torch boarded the “Belem,” a three-masted ship that dates back to 1896, the ...

Winter Olympics - Flame handover ceremony in Athens for the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics - Panathenaic Stadium, Athens, Greece - October 19, 2021 President of the Hellenic Olympic Committee Spyros ...