Nero’s House
The Villa of Nero located south-east of the ancient site of Olympia, Greece is one of the ancient Roman villas built for the Roman emperor Nero in the 1st century AD.- Type: Ruins
- Description: building in Olympia, West Greece Region, Greece
- Also known as: “Hellenistic building” and “Villa of Nero”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Olympia and Statue of Zeus at Olympia.
Olympia
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 160 metres west of Nero’s House.
Temple of Zeus
Ruins
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
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 150 metres west of Nero’s House.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Ancient Olympia and Archaia Pisa.
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.
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.
Nero’s House
- Categories: Roman villa, ancient Roman structure, building, and historic site
- Location: Olympia, Elis, West Greece, Peloponnese, Greece, Balkans, Europe
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Latitude
37.63777° or 37° 38′ 16″ northLongitude
21.63202° or 21° 37′ 55″ eastOpen location code
8G93JJQJ+4ROpenStreetMap ID
way 146770790OpenStreetMap feature
building=yesOpenStreetMap feature
historic=ruinsWikidata ID
Q7930571
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Spanish—“Nero’s House” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “尼祿別墅”
- Dutch: “Villa Nero”
- Finnish: “Neron huvila”
- German: “Haus des Nero”
- Greek: “Οικία Νέρωνα”
- Greek: “Οικία του Νέρωνα”
- Italian: “Palazzo ellenistico”
- Italian: “Villa di Nerone”
- Portuguese: “Villa de Nero”
- Russian: “Элланодикеон”
- Spanish: “Villa de Neron”
- Spanish: “Villa de Nerón”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include South-east Building and Roman Gate.
Nearby Places
Explore places such as Δώρο αγιασμού από τους Αχαιούς and Votive Monument of Ptolemy II and of Arsinoe.
Elis: Must-Visit Destinations
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