Who financed the rebuilding of the Panathenaic Stadium for the 1896 Olympics?

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The rebuilding of the Panathenaic Stadium for the 1896 Olympic Games was financed by the Greek philanthropist George Averoff.1

While the stadium's ancient structure was famously rebuilt in marble during the 2nd century CE by Herodes Atticus, the massive project to restore the site for the modern inaugural Games in 1895 was funded by Averoff and executed by architects Anastasios Metaxas and Ernst Ziller.1