 DESTINATION OLYMPIA
Olympia is one of the most popular destinations for tourists in Greece. Even cruise ships dock at the nearby port of Katakolo and put people on buses to visit the ancient site. The village of Olympia itself is a collection of tourist shops, cafes, restaurants and a Historical Museum of the Olympic Games.
OLYMPIA:
Ancient Olympics,
Bouleuterion,
Leonidaion,
Olympia Archaeological Museum,
Olympia Master,
Olympia Stadium,
Palaestra,
Phillipeon,
Statue of Zeus,
Temple of Hera,
Temple of Zeus,
Our Magical Journey to Olympia,
| DESTINATION OLYMPIA, Mainland Greece |
ANCIENT OLYMPICS
There are many myths and legends surrounding the origin of the ancient Olympic Games. The most popular legend describes that Heracles was the creator of the Olympic Games, and built the Olympic stadium and surrounding buildings as an honor to his father Zeus, after completing his 12 labors ...
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BOULEUTERION
A bouleuterion was a building which housed the council of citizens (boule) in Ancient Greece. The Bouleuterion at Olympia, Greece, is the building where the administration took place. It is shaped as early Greek temples were shaped in a kind of square horse-shoe and it has tiered seating arrangement. The Bouleterion was near the Agora ...
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THE LEONIDAION
The Leonidaion was the lodging place for athletes taking part in the Olympic Games at Olympia. It was located at the southwest edge of the sanctuary and was the largest building on the site. It was constructed around 330 BCE and was funded and designed by Leonidas of Naxos. The building consisted of four Ionian colonnades with 138 decorated columns ...
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OLYMPIA ARCHAEOLOGICAL MUSEUM
The Olympia Archaeological Museum, opened in 1982, is one of the most important museums in Greece. The many galleries are arranged chronologically with separate galleries for the pediment and metope sculptures from the Zeus temple, and artifacts from the Olympic Games ...
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OLYMPIA MASTER
The Olympia Master is the name given to the anonymous sculptor responsible for the external sculpture of the Temple of Zeus, Olympia. From what Pausanias tells us of the dates of the Temple, the Master and his workshop were active between 470 and 457 BCE. The two pediments and the series of metopes ascribed to him are Early Classical or Severe style of 5th century ...
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OLYMPIA STADIUM
The stadium at the archaeological site of Olympia, Greece is located to the east of the sanctuary of Zeus. It was the location of many of the sporting events at the Ancient Olympic Games. The stadium was a holy place for the ancient Greeks, as this is where sporting activities dedicated to Zeus were held. The stadium was originally located within the temenos ...
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THE PALAESTRA
The palaestra at Olympia is part of the gymnasium at the sanctuary. This sixty-six meter square building dates to the end of the third or beginning of the 2nd century BC. A building in ancient Greece devoted to the training of wrestlers and other athletes. The palaestra is oriented precisely to the cardinal points and is very symmetrical in plan ...
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THE PHILLIPEON
The Philippeion in the Altis of Olympia was an Ionic circular memorial of ivory and gold, which contained statues of Philip's family, Alexander the Great, Olympias, Amyntas III and Eurydice I. It was made by the Athenian sculptor Leochares in celebration of Philip's victory at the battle of Chaeronea (338 BC) ...
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STATUE OF ZEUS
The Statue of Zeus at Olympia was made by the Greek sculptor Phidias, circa 432 BC on the site where it was erected in the Temple of Zeus, Olympia, Greece. It was one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World. The seated statue, some 12 meters (43 feet) tall, occupied half of the width of the aisle of the temple built to house it ...
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TEMPLE OF HERA
The Temple of Hera (also known as Heraion) is an ancient Doric Greek temple at Olympia, Greece. In modern times, the temple is the location where the torch of the Olympic flame is lit, by focusing the rays of the sun. The temple was dedicated to Hera, the wife of Zeus and one of the most important female deities in Greek religion...
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TEMPLE OF ZEUS
The Temple of Zeus at Olympia, was an ancient Greek temple in Olympia, Greece, dedicated to the chief of the gods, Zeus. It was the very model of the fully-developed classical Greek temple of the Doric order. The temple, built between 472 and 456 BC, stood in the most famous sanctuary of Greece, which had been dedicated to local and Pan-Hellenic deities ...
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Magical Journey: Olympia & Greece
This was our first wonderful trip to Greece, and it takes in a lot of the must-see islands as well as a fabulous tour of some of the main archaeological sites on Mainland Greece. Our trip was 18 days in Greece, but the basic structure could easily be modified to suit your timetable. Check out our blog journal and visit Athens, Mycenae, Epidaurus, Nafplio, Olympia, Delphi, Naxos, Delos, Mykonos and Santorini ...
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