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Nymphaeum of Herodes Atticus

Nymphaeum, etymologically "home of the nymphs" or water goddesses, at was the official name of a water-distribution structure constructed in the mid-2nd century at that site to provide water to the masses who attended the Olympic Games in July and August.
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Photo: Holger Uwe Schmitt, CC BY-SA 4.0.
  • Type: Ruins
  • Description: ruins in Ancient Olympia Municipality, Greece
  • Also known as: “Nymphaeon of Olympia”, “Nymphaeum”, “Nymphaeum of Olympia”, “Nymphaeum Olympia”, and “Olympia Nymphaeum”

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 110 metres south of Nymphaeum of Herodes Atticus.

Ruins
Photo: Jedudedek, CC BY-SA 2.5.
The , or Heraion, is an ancient Archaic Greek temple at , , that was dedicated to Hera, queen of the Greek gods. It is the oldest temple at Olympia and one of the most venerable in all of Greece.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Ancient Olympia and Koskinas.

Town
Photo: Codas, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Olympia, officially Archaia Olympia, is a small town in Elis 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
Pisa is a village situated 2.15 kilometres to the east of , located on the northwest side of the Peloponnesus peninsula. Currently it is not politically independent but it is a community of the municipality of Ancient Olympia, in the regional unit of .

Nymphaeum of Herodes Atticus

Latitude
37.63898° or 37° 38′ 20″ north
Longitude
21.63033° or 21° 37′ 49″ east
Open location code
8G93JJQJ+H4
Open­Street­Map ID
way 146770897
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­ruins
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­ruins
Wiki­data ID
Q23889064
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In Other Languages

From Dutch to Spanish—“Nymphaeum of Herodes Atticus” goes by many names.
  • Dutch: “Nymphaeum van Herodes Atticus”
  • Dutch: “Nymphaeum”
  • Finnish: “Nymfaion (Olympia)”
  • Finnish: “Nymfaion”
  • German: “Nymphaion”
  • Greek: “Νυμφαίο αρχαίας Ολυμπίας”
  • Greek: “Νυμφαίο Ηρώδου Αττικού”
  • Greek: “Νυμφαίο Ολυμπίας”
  • Italian: “Ninfeo di Erode Attico”
  • Japanese: “ニンファエウム”
  • Polish: “Nimfajon (Olimpia)”
  • Polish: “Nimfajon”
  • Russian: “нимфеум Герода Аттикуса”
  • Spanish: “Ninfeo de Herodes Atico”
  • Spanish: “Ninfeo de Herodes Ático”

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Altar of Hera and Prehistoric building.

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Nymphaeum of Herodes Atticus”. Photo: Holger Uwe Schmitt, CC BY-SA 4.0.