Hostels
Hostels is a ruins in Missolonghi, West Central Greece, West Greece. Hostels is situated nearby to the ruins Baths of Kladeos, as well as near Heroon at Olympia.- Type: Ruins
- Description: ruined building in ancient Olympia, Greece
- Also known as: “Hostels 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 190 metres east of Hostels.
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 200 metres east of Hostels.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Ancient Olympia and Koskinas.
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.
Koskinas
Village
Koskinas is a village in the municipality of Olympia, Elis, Greece. It is 1.5 km northeast of Olympia.
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.
Hostels
- Categories: guest house, archaeological site, building, and historic site
- Location: Missolonghi, West Central Greece, West Greece, Central Greece, Greece, Balkans, Europe
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Latitude
37.63763° or 37° 38′ 16″ northLongitude
21.62812° or 21° 37′ 41″ eastOpen location code
8G93JJQH+36OpenStreetMap ID
way 146770906OpenStreetMap feature
building=ruinsOpenStreetMap feature
historic=ruinsWikidata ID
Q25451449
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In Other Languages
From Finnish to Russian—“Hostels” goes by many names.
- Finnish: “Roomalainen majatalo”
- German: “Gästehaus”
- German: “Herbergen von Olympia”
- Greek: “Ξενώνες της Ολυμπίας”
- Greek: “Ξενώνες”
- Italian: “Alloggi”
- Russian: “общежитие”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Baths of Kladeos and Heroon at Olympia.
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