Chara Host

Chara Host is a building in Olympia, Elis, West Greece. Chara Host is situated nearby to the village Archaia Pisa, as well as near the archaeological site Roman aqueduct.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Olympia and Statue of Zeus at Olympia.

Olympia

Photo: Wikimedia, CC0.

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 2 km west of Chara Host.

Temple of Zeus

Ruins

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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 2 km west of Chara Host.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Archaia Pisa and Koskinas.

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.

Koskinas

Village

Koskinas is a village in the municipality of Olympia, Elis, Greece. It is 1.5 km northeast of Olympia.

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 2½ km west of Chara Host.

Chara Host

Type: Building
Location: Olympia, Elis, West Greece, Peloponnese, Greece, Balkans, Europe
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Latitude

37.64422° or 37° 38′ 39″ north

Longitude

21.65378° or 21° 39′ 14″ east

Open location code

8G93JMV3+MG

OpenStreetMap ID

way 1087414243

OpenStreetMap feature

building=yes

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