Nemea
Nemea is an ancient site in the northeastern part of the Peloponnese, in Greece. Formerly part of the territory of Cleonae in ancient Argolis, it is today situated in the regional unit of Corinthia.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Archaeological site
- Description: ancient sanctuary of Zeus in Corinthia, Greece
- Also known as: “Ancient Nemea” and “Sanctuary of Nemean Zeus”
- Address: Νεμέα
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Temple of Zeus Nemea and Nemean Baths.
Temple of Zeus Nemea
Archaeological site
Photo: Carole Raddato, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Temple of Zeus Nemea is an archaeological site.
Nemean Baths
Archaeological site
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Nemean baths are an athletic bathing house at the Panhellenic sanctuary of Nemea in the Argolis. The baths are located on the south most part of the Hellenistic complex.
Ancient Stadium at Nemea
Archaeological site
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Stadium at Nemea sits on the ancient site of Nemea in the modern day region of Corinthia. Here, ancient Greek athletes participated in the stadion only meters away from the Temple of Zeus. The Nemea Stadium played a big part in the ancient Olympics. Ancient Stadium at Nemea is situated 420 metres southeast of Nemea.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Archaia Nemea and Dervenakia.
Archaia Nemea
Village
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Archaia Nemea is a village about 27 km southwest of Corinth in Greece named after the nearby ruins of the ancient site of Nemea. The old name of this place was Iraklion.
Dervenakia
Hamlet
Argos is a city and former municipality in Argolis, Peloponnese, Greece and is one of the oldest continuously inhabited cities in the world, and one of the oldest in Europe. Dervenakia is situated 3 km south of Nemea.
Archaies Kleones
Village
Archaies Kleones is a settlement in Corinthia, in the municipality of Nemea, with a population of 540 residents according to 2021 census. It is situated on a hillside, 15 km east of Nemea and 24 km southwest of Corinth. Archaies Kleones is situated 4 km northeast of Nemea.
Nemea
- Categories: hieron, historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Nemea, Corinthia, Peloponnese, Greece, Balkans, Europe
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Latitude
37.8089° or 37° 48′ 32″ northLongitude
22.71082° or 22° 42′ 39″ eastElevation
333 metres (1,093 feet)Open location code
8G94RP56+H8OpenStreetMap ID
node 353890272OpenStreetMap feature
historic=archaeological_site
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In Other Languages
From Ancient Greek to Vietnamese—“Nemea” goes by many names.
- Ancient Greek (to 1453): “Νεμέα”
- Arabic: “نيميا”
- Armenian: “Նեմեա”
- Basque: “Nemea”
- Bulgarian: “Немея”
- Catalan: “Nèmea”
- Cebuano: “Neméa”
- Chinese: “尼米亞”
- Chinese: “涅墨亚”
- Chinese: “涅墨亞”
- Czech: “Archeologické naleziště Nemea”
- Dutch: “Antik Nemea”
- Dutch: “Nemea”
- Dutch: “Neméa”
- Egyptian Arabic: “نيميا”
- Esperanto: “Nemeo”
- Estonian: “Nemea”
- Finnish: “Nemea”
- French: “Ancienne Némée”
- French: “Nemea”
- French: “Némée”
- German: “Antikes Nemea”
- German: “Nemea”
- Greek: “Αρχαία Νεμέα”
- Greek: “Νεμέα”
- Hebrew: “נמאה”
- Hungarian: “Nemea”
- Irish: “Néimé”
- Italian: “Nemea”
- Japanese: “ネメア”
- Japanese: “ネメアー”
- Korean: “네메아”
- Kurdish: “Nemea”
- Latin: “Nemea”
- Latvian: “Nemeja”
- Polish: “Nemea”
- Portuguese: “Nemeia”
- Romanian: “Nea Nemea”
- Romanian: “Nemea”
- Russian: “Архея-Немея”
- Russian: “Немея”
- Serbian: “Немеја (град)”
- Serbian: “Немеја”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Nemeja”
- Slovak: “Nemea”
- Slovenian: “antična Nemeja”
- Slovenian: “Nemeja”
- Slovenian: “starogrška Nemeja”
- Slovenian: “svetišče nemejskega Zevsa”
- Spanish: “Nemea”
- Swedish: “Nemea”
- Turkish: “Nemea”
- Ukrainian: “Немея”
- Vietnamese: “Nemea”
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