Hippodrome
The Hippodrome of Olympia housed the equestrian contests of the Ancient Olympic Games. According to Pausanias, it was situated to the south of the Stadium and covered a large area four stadia long and one stade four plethora wide.- Type: Archaeological site
- Description: ancient track for chariot and horse racing at the Olympic games
- Also known as: “Hippodrome of Olympia”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Olympia and Statue of Zeus at Olympia.
Olympia
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 440 metres west of Hippodrome.
Stadium
Ruins
Photo: Dwaipayanc, Public domain.
The Stadium at Olympia is an ancient stadium at the archaeological site of Olympia, Greece, located to the east of the sanctuary of Zeus. It was the location of many of the sporting events at the Ancient Olympic Games. Stadium is situated 180 metres northwest of Hippodrome.
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.
Hippodrome
- Categories: hippodrome, historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Olympia, Elis, West Greece, Peloponnese, Greece, Balkans, Europe
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Latitude
37.63837° or 37° 38′ 18″ northLongitude
21.63521° or 21° 38′ 7″ eastOpen location code
8G93JJQP+83OpenStreetMap ID
way 146770862OpenStreetMap feature
historic=archaeological_siteWikidata ID
Q19602775
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In Other Languages
From Finnish to Spanish—“Hippodrome” goes by many names.
- Finnish: “Hippodromi”
- Greek: “Ιππόδρομος της Αρχαίας Ολυμπίας”
- Greek: “Ιππόδρομος”
- Italian: “ippodromo di Olimpia”
- Italian: “Ippodromo di Olimpia”
- Russian: “ипподром”
- Spanish: “Hipódromo de Olimpia”
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