Aerial: Olympic Athletic Center of Athens "Spiros Louis" by Santiago Calatrava · Roark

This high-resolution image shows the Athens Olympic Sports Complex. Acquired on June 24, 2004, by Space Imaging’s IKONOS satellite, the scene shows the complex in stunning detail, including the Olympic Stadium (home of the opening and closing ceremonies), the Olympic Aquatic Center, Olympic Indoor Hall (gymnastics and basketball finals), Olympic Tennis Center, and the Olympic Velodrome (cycling). Greece is the birthplace of the Olympic Games. Historians trace the origins of the Olympics back to 776 B.C., when ancient Greeks staged sporting events—part religious ceremony and part athletic conte — Olympic Athletic Center of Athens "Spiros Louis"
Santiago Calatrava
Aerial · Amarusio Municipality, Greece · 1982
Photo: NASA Goddard Space Flight Center from Greenbelt, MD, USA · 2004-07-29 · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons · Original 2000×2000
This high-resolution image shows the Athens Olympic Sports Complex. Acquired on June 24, 2004, by Space Imaging’s IKONOS satellite, the scene shows the complex in stunning detail, including the Olympic Stadium (home of the opening and closing ceremonies), the Olympic Aquatic Center, Olympic Indoor Hall (gymnastics and basketball finals), Olympic Tennis Center, and the Olympic Velodrome (cycling). Greece is the birthplace of the Olympic Games. Historians trace the origins of the Olympics back to 776 B.C., when ancient Greeks staged sporting events—part religious ceremony and part athletic conte
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