Stadium

The Stadium at Olympia is an ancient stadium 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.
Wikipedia
Photo: Dwaipayanc, Public domain.
  • Type: Ruins
  • Description: ancient Olympic venue in Olympia, Greece
  • Also known as: “Stadium at 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 320 metres southwest of Stadium.

Ruins
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The was an ancient Greek temple in , 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. is situated 320 metres southwest of Stadium.

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.

Stadium

Latitude
37.63927° or 37° 38′ 21″ north
Longitude
21.63349° or 21° 38′ 1″ east
Open location code
8G93JJQM+P9
Open­Street­Map ID
way 146770974
Open­Street­Map feature
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Open­Street­Map feature
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Wiki­data ID
Q4357227
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Thai—“Stadium” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “ستاد أولمبيا”
  • Chinese: “奧林匹亞體育場”
  • Chinese: “田徑場(奧林匹亞)”
  • Esperanto: “Stadiono en Olimpio”
  • Finnish: “Stadion”
  • French: “stade d’Olympie”
  • French: “Stade”
  • German: “Stadion in Olympia”
  • German: “Stadion”
  • Greek: “Αρχαίο στάδιο Ολυμπίας”
  • Greek: “Στάδιο αρχαίας Ολυμπίας”
  • Greek: “Στάδιο Αρχαίας Ολυμπίας”
  • Greek: “Στάδιον”
  • Hebrew: “אצטדיון באולימפיה”
  • Interlingua: “Stadio a Olympia”
  • Italian: “stadio di Olimpia”
  • Italian: “Stadio di Olimpia”
  • Italian: “stadio”
  • Japanese: “オリンピアのスタジアム”
  • Persian: “استادیوم المپیا”
  • Polish: “Stadion w Olimpii”
  • Russian: “Стадион в Олимпии”
  • Russian: “стадион”
  • Slovenian: “Stadion v Olimpiji”
  • Spanish: “Estadio de Olimpia”
  • Swedish: “Stadion”
  • Thai: “สนามกีฬากรีฑาโอลิมเปีย”

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Altar of Demeter Hamyne and Εξέδρα επισήμων.

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