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Olympia Town
Olympia Palaistra |
Welcome to Olympia!
Olympia is the site of the ancient Olympic Games, which were celebrated every four years by the ancient Greeks. The area, of great natural beauty, was attacked by the recent fires and the vegetation on the holy Cronius Hill next to the archaeological site was burnt but, as the Greek Culture Minister told the Associated Press at the site "the important thing is that the museum is as it was and the archaeological site will not have any problem."
Olympia has been inhabited uninterruptedly since the 3rd millenium B.C., and in the late Mycenaean period it became a religious center. Olympia was situated in a valley in Elis, in western Peloponnese (Peloponnesus), through which runs the Alphios River. It was not a town, but only a sanctuary with buildings associated with the games and the worship of the gods.
Olympia was a national shrine of the Greeks and contained many treasures of Greek art, such as temples, monuments, altars, theaters, statues, and votive offerings of brass and marble. The Altis, or sacred precinct, enclosed a level space about 200 m (about 660 ft) long by nearly 177 m (nearly 580 ft) broad. In this were the chief centers of religious worship, the votive buildings, and buildings associated with the administration of the games... Continue
Olympia Statue of Nike - Paeonios Victory |
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Olympia: The Philippeion before the restauration |
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Olympia, Filippeion, after its reconstruction |
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Olympia Column of Pheidias |
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Olympia Gymnasium |
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Olympia In The Museum |
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Olympia Leonidaion |
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Olympia Pheidias Workshop |
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Olympia Statue of Winged Nike - Victory |
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Olympia Temple of Zeus |
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Olympia Waterfall |
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Olympia View of Ruins |
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Olympia as it once was |
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