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"This is the Panathenaic Stadium, and every part of it is marble: the seats, the steps, the whole long bowl. It's the only stadium in the world built entirely that way. Look at the shape, too. It's a long, skinny horseshoe with a hairpin turn at the closed end, the old ancient racetrack layout, and the runners at the first modern Olympics, in eighteen ninety-six, hated those corners."
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The Reveal
This stop is part of the tour’s larger story. An optional reveal at the end lets you revisit which details stayed perfectly honest and which got a little extra help.
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Hear the full story at The Panathenaic Stadium
This is just one of 12 stops on the Athens in One Morning tour. Download the app, put in your headphones, and experience it for real.
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