Palaestra
The palaestra at Olympia is the ground or grounds in ancient Olympia where πάλη, Doric πάλα, "wrestling," was taught and performed for training purposes; i.e, "wrestling-school." Two other martial arts were taught there: Greek πυγμή, Latin pugnus, "fist…Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Ruins
- Description: ancient edifice in Olympia, Greece
- Also known as: “Palaestra at 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 150 metres southeast of Palaestra.
Philippeion
Ruins
Photo: Wknight94, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Philippeion in the Altis of Olympia was a tholos made of in limestone and marble. Originally, it contained chryselephantine statues of the family of Philip II, including himself, his son Alexander the Great, one of his wives Olympias, his father Amyntas III, and his mother Eurydice I.
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.
Palaestra
- Categories: gym, palaestra, archaeological site, building, and historic site
- Location: Olympia, Elis, West Greece, Peloponnese, Greece, Balkans, Europe
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Latitude
37.63853° or 37° 38′ 19″ northLongitude
21.62866° or 21° 37′ 43″ eastOpen location code
8G93JJQH+CFOpenStreetMap ID
way 146770913OpenStreetMap feature
building=ruinsOpenStreetMap feature
historic=ruinsWikidata ID
Q7126543
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Western Frisian—“Palaestra” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “角力學校 (奧林匹亞)”
- Finnish: “Palaistra”
- French: “Palestre d’Olympie”
- German: “Palaestra in Olympia”
- German: “Palästra”
- Greek: “Παλαίστρα Ολυμπίας”
- Greek: “Παλαίστρα της Αρχαίας Ολυμπίας”
- Greek: “Παλαίστρα, Αρχαία Ολυμπία”
- Greek: “Παλαίστρα”
- Hebrew: “פלאיסטרה”
- Italian: “palestra a Olimpia”
- Italian: “Palestra a Olimpia”
- Italian: “Palestra”
- Russian: “Палестра”
- Slovenian: “Palestra, Olimpija”
- Slovenian: “Palestra”
- Spanish: “Palestra de Olimpia”
- Western Frisian: “NL”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Greek Baths and Propilei.
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