Makrisia
Makrisia is a village in the municipal unit of Skillounta, Elis, Greece. It is situated near the left bank of the river Alfeios, 2 km northwest of Krestena, 3 km northeast of Kallikomo, 4 km southwest of Olympia and 16 km southeast of Pyrgos.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Village with 1,970 residents
- Description: village in Greece, Elis
- Postal code: 27055
Places of Interest
Highlights include Olympia and Statue of Zeus at Olympia.
Olympia
Olympia is a town and UNESCO World Heritage Site in Peloponnese, Greece. This was the site of the original Olympic Games from 776 BCE. The games, held every four years in honor of the Greek god Zeus, lasted through the entire Classical Age until the late 4th century CE.
Statue of Zeus at Olympia
Work of art
Photo: Quatremère de Quincy, Public domain.
The Statue of Zeus at Olympia was a giant seated figure, about 12.4 m tall, made by the Greek sculptor Phidias around 435 BC at the sanctuary of Olympia, Greece, and erected in the Temple of Zeus there. Statue of Zeus at Olympia is situated 4 km northeast of Makrisia.
Temple of Zeus
Ruins
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
The Temple of Zeus was an ancient Greek temple in Olympia, Greece, dedicated to the god Zeus. The temple, built in the second quarter of the fifth century BC, was the very model of the fully developed classical Greek temple of the Doric order. Temple of Zeus is situated 4 km northeast of Makrisia.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Krestena and Kallikomo.
Krestena
Town
Krestena is a town and a community in Elis, West Greece, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Andritsaina-Krestena, of which it is the seat of administration.
Kallikomo
Village
Kallikomo is a village and a community in the municipal unit of Skillounta, Elis, Greece. It is situated 5 km from the Ionian Sea, 3 km west of Krestena, 5 km north of Kato Samiko and 16 km southeast of Pyrgos. Kallikomo is situated 3 km southwest of Makrisia.
Ancient Olympia
Town
Photo: Codas, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Olympia, officially Archaia Olympia, is a small town in Elis on the Peloponnese peninsula in Greece, famous for the nearby archaeological site of the same name. Ancient Olympia is situated 4 km northeast of Makrisia.
Makrisia
- Category: locality
- Location: Andritsaina-Krestena, Elis, West Greece, Peloponnese, Greece, Balkans, Europe
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Latitude
37.60972° or 37° 36′ 35″ northLongitude
21.60612° or 21° 36′ 22″ eastPopulation
1,970Elevation
93 metres (305 feet)Open location code
8G93JJ54+VCOpenStreetMap ID
node 348221490OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
257923Wikidata ID
Q6740084
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Turkish—“Makrisia” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “ماكريسيا، إليا”
- Arabic: “ماكريسيا”
- Cebuano: “Makrísia”
- Dutch: “Makrisia”
- Egyptian Arabic: “ماكريسيا”
- Finnish: “Makrísia”
- Greek: “Μακρίσια Ηλείας”
- Greek: “Μακρίσια”
- Russian: “Макрисия”
- Swedish: “Makrísia”
- Turkish: “Makrisia”
- “Makrisia”
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