Hippodrome

The Hippodrome of Olympia was the hippodrome used for horse racing and chariot racing at the Ancient Olympic Games in . It was east of the Altis and south of the .
Wikipedia
  • 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.

Photo: Wikimedia, CC0.
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 440 metres west of Hippodrome.

Ruins
Photo: Dwaipayanc, Public domain.
The at Olympia is an ancient at the archaeological site of , located to the east of the . It was the location of many of the sporting events at the Ancient Olympic Games. is situated 180 metres northwest of Hippodrome.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Ancient Olympia and Archaia Pisa.

Town
Photo: Codas, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Olympia, officially Archaia Olympia, is a small town in on the peninsula in , famous for the nearby archaeological site of the same name.

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 .

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

Hippodrome

Latitude
37.63837° or 37° 38′ 18″ north
Longitude
21.63521° or 21° 38′ 7″ east
Open location code
8G93JJQP+83
Open­Street­Map ID
way 146770862
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­archaeological_site
Wiki­data 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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