Altar Zeus

Altar Zeus is a ruins in Olympia, Elis, West Greece. Altar Zeus is situated nearby to the ruins Prehistoric building, as well as near Altar of Hera.

Photo: Codas, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Type: Ruins
Description: Reconstructed ancient sacrificial site
Also known as: “Altar of Zeus in Olympia”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Olympia and Statue of Zeus at Olympia.

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.

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.

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.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Ancient Olympia and Koskinas.

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.

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.

Altar Zeus

Categories: altar, destroyed building or structure, building, and historic site
Location: Olympia, Elis, West Greece, Peloponnese, Greece, Balkans, Europe
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Latitude

37.6386° or 37° 38′ 19″ north

Longitude

21.63038° or 21° 37′ 49″ east

Open location code

8G93JJQJ+C5

OpenStreetMap ID

way 146770776

OpenStreetMap feature

building=ruins

OpenStreetMap feature

historic=ruins

Wikidata ID

Q2872358

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In Other Languages

From Finnish to Spanish—“Altar Zeus” goes by many names.

Finnish: “Zeuksen alttari”
French: “Autel de Zeus à Olympie”
German: “Altar des Zeus in Olympia”
German: “Zeusaltar”
Greek: “Βωμός Διός”
Greek: “Βωμός του Δία στην Ολυμπία”
Italian: “altare di Zeus a Olimpia”
Italian: “Altare di Zeus”
Russian: “алтарь Зевса”
Spanish: “altar de Zeus en Olimpia”
Spanish: “Altar de Zeus”

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Altar of Great Mother and Prehistoric building.

Nearby Places

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