Olympic Theatre
Olympic Theatre is a theater building in Olympia, Elis, West Greece. Olympic Theatre is situated nearby to Magna Grecia, as well as near the church Προφήτης Ηλίας.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Museum of the History of the Olympic Games in Antiquity and Temple of Hera.
Museum of the History of the Olympic Games in Antiquity
Museum
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Museum of the History of the Olympic Games in Antiquity is situated 1½ km east of Olympic Theatre.
Temple of Hera
Ruins
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The Temple of Hera, or Heraion, is an ancient Archaic Greek temple at Olympia, Greece, 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. Temple of Hera is situated 2 km southeast of Olympic Theatre.
Philippeion
Ruins
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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. Philippeion is situated 2 km southeast of Olympic Theatre.
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.
Platanos
Village
Photo: aplessas, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Platanos is a village and a community in the municipality of Ancient Olympia, Elis, Greece. It is located north of the Alfeios valley, 2 km southeast of Pelopio, 3 km northwest of Olympia and 15 km east of Pyrgos.
Olympic Theatre
- Type: Theater building
- Categories: tourist attraction and tourism
- Location: Olympia, Elis, West Greece, Peloponnese, Greece, Balkans, Europe
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Latitude
37.64599° or 37° 38′ 46″ northLongitude
21.60977° or 21° 36′ 35″ eastOpen location code
8G93JJW5+9WOpenStreetMap ID
way 200795985OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=theatre
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In Other Languages
“Olympic Theatre” goes by many names.
- Russian: “Олимпик”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Magna Grecia and Προφήτης Ηλίας.
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