Ancient Olympia
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.Photo: Jedudedek, CC BY-SA 2.5.
Photo: Codas, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Town with 785 residents
- Description: village in Greece, Peloponnese, Elis
- Also known as: “Archaia Olympia”
- Postal code: 27065
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.
Olympia Railway Station
Railway station
Photo: Jérôme, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Olympia railway station is a railway station that serves the town of Olympia, Elis in Western Greece, Greece. Located in the centre of Olympia, the station was opened in 1891 by the Pyrgos-Katakolo Railway Company.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Koskinas and Archaia Pisa.
Koskinas
Village
Koskinas is a village in the municipality of Olympia, Elis, Greece. It is 1.5 km northeast of Olympia.
Archaia Pisa
Village
Ancient or Archaia Pisa, sometimes distinguished in Greek as Archaía Písa Ileías, is a modern village located 2.15 kilometers of Ancient or Archaia Olympia on the northwest corner of the Peloponnese in southern Greece. Archaia Pisa is situated 2½ km east of Ancient Olympia.
Platanos
Village
Photo: aplessas, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Platanos is a village and a community in the municipality of Ancient Olympia, Elis, Greece. It is located north of the Alfeios valley, 2 km southeast of Pelopio, 3 km northwest of Olympia and 15 km east of Pyrgos. Platanos is situated 3 km northwest of Ancient Olympia.
Ancient Olympia
- Categories: village, city, and locality
- Location: Olympia, Elis, West Greece, Peloponnese, Greece, Balkans, Europe
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Latitude
37.64414° or 37° 38′ 39″ northLongitude
21.62528° or 21° 37′ 31″ eastPopulation
785Open location code
8G93JJVG+M4OpenStreetMap ID
node 1363512197OpenStreetMap feature
place=townWikidata ID
Q632542
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In Other Languages
From Armenian to Yakut—“Ancient Olympia” goes by many names.
- Armenian: “Արխայա Օլիմպիա”
- Bulgarian: “Древна Олимпия”
- Catalan: “Antiga Olímpia”
- Chinese: “古奥林匹亚”
- Dutch: “Archaia Olympia”
- Dutch: “Olympia”
- Egyptian Arabic: “ارتشايا وليمپيا”
- French: “Ancienne-Olympie”
- French: “Archéa Olympia”
- French: “Olympie”
- German: “Antikes Olympia”
- German: “Archea Olymbia”
- German: “Archea Olympia”
- Greek: “Αρχαία Ολυμπία Ηλείας”
- Greek: “Αρχαία Ολυμπία”
- Hungarian: “Archaia Olympia”
- Italian: “Archea Olympia”
- Italian: “Olimpia Nuova”
- Korean: “아르헤아올림피아”
- Lithuanian: “Archaja Olimpija”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Antikke Olymbía”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Antikke Olympía”
- Russian: “Архея Олимпия”
- Russian: “Архея-Олимбия”
- Slovenian: “Olimpija”
- Swedish: “Archaía Olympía”
- Turkish: “Eski Olimpos”
- Ukrainian: “Архая Олімпія”
- Yakut: “Олимпия куорат”
- Yakut: “Олимпия”
- “Archaia Olympia”
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