Gymnasium

Gymnasium is a ruins in , , . Gymnasium is situated nearby to the ruins , as well as near .
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  • Type: Ruins
  • Description: Τhe Gymnasium was the venue for the training of the athletes of the running events and of the pentathlon
  • Also known as: “Gymnasion of Olympia”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Olympia and Statue of Zeus at Olympia.

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is a town and UNESCO World Heritage Site in , . 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.

Work of art
Photo: Quatremère de Quincy, Public domain.
The was a giant seated figure, about 12.4 m tall, made by the Greek sculptor Phidias around 435 BC at the sanctuary of , and erected in the there. is situated 230 metres southeast of Gymnasium.

Ruins
Photo: Wknight94, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The in the Altis of was a tholos made of in limestone and marble. Originally, it contained chryselephantine statues of the family of Philip II, including himself, his son Alexander the Great, one of his wives Olympias, his father Amyntas III, and his mother Eurydice I. is situated 110 metres southeast of Gymnasium.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Ancient Olympia and Koskinas.

Town
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Olympia, officially Archaia Olympia, is a small town in on the peninsula in , famous for the nearby archaeological site of the same name.

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

Village
Ancient or , sometimes distinguished in Greek as Archaía Písa Ileías, is a modern village located 2.15 kilometers of on the northwest corner of the in southern .

Gymnasium

Latitude
37.63955° or 37° 38′ 22″ north
Longitude
21.62868° or 21° 37′ 43″ east
Open location code
8G93JJQH+RF
Open­Street­Map ID
way 146770785
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­ruins
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­ruins
Wiki­data ID
Q25461278
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In Other Languages

From Czech to Spanish—“Gymnasium” goes by many names.
  • Czech: “Gymnasion”
  • Finnish: “Gymnasion”
  • French: “Gymnase d’Olympie”
  • German: “Gymnasion von Olympia”
  • German: “Gymnasion”
  • Greek: “Αρχαίο γυμνάσιο Ολυμπίας”
  • Greek: “Γυμνάσιο αρχαίας Ολυμπίας”
  • Greek: “Γυμνάσιο, Αρχαία Ολυμπία”
  • Greek: “Γυμνάσιον”
  • Italian: “Ginnasio di Olimpia”
  • Italian: “Ginnasium”
  • Italian: “Palestra di Olimpia”
  • Russian: “Гимназион”
  • Spanish: “Antiguo Gimnasio”
  • Spanish: “Gimnasio de Olimpia”

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Kronion Thermae and Propilei.

Nearby Places

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