Ephorate Of Antiquities of Ilia - Administration Offices

Ephorate Of Antiquities of Ilia - Administration Offices is a public building in Olympia, Elis, West Greece. Ephorate Of Antiquities of Ilia - Administration Offices is situated near Museum of the History of the Exacavations in Olympia, as well as near Museum of the History of the Olympic Games in Antiquity.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights: Olympia and Museum of the History of the Olympic Games in Antiquity.

Olympia

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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.

Museum of the History of the Olympic Games in Antiquity

Museum

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Museum of the History of the Olympic Games in Antiquity is situated 120 metres east of Ephorate Of Antiquities of Ilia - Administration Offices.

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 620 metres southeast of Ephorate Of Antiquities of Ilia - Administration Offices.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Ancient Olympia and Koskinas.

Ancient Olympia

Town

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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.

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 Ephorate Of Antiquities of Ilia - Administration Offices.

Ephorate Of Antiquities of Ilia - Administration Offices

Type: Public building
Categories: building and government building
Location: Olympia, Elis, West Greece, Peloponnese, Greece, Balkans, Europe
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Latitude

37.6407° or 37° 38′ 27″ north

Longitude

21.62419° or 21° 37′ 27″ east

Open location code

8G93JJRF+7M

OpenStreetMap ID

way 124438723

OpenStreetMap feature

building=public

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In Other Languages

From Greek to Russian—“Ephorate Of Antiquities of Ilia - Administration Offices” goes by many names.

Greek: “Εφορεία Αρχαιοτήτων Ηλείας - Γραφεία Διοίκησης”
Russian: “Эфорат предметов старины Эолиды (Олимпии)”

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights: Museum of the History of the Exacavations in Olympia and Olympia Town Hall.

Nearby Places

Places to explore: Conference and Exhibition Centre SPAP (former Hotel SPAP Olympia) and Εργαστήρια Εφορείας Αρχαιοτήτων Ηλείας (πρώην Ξενία).

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