Olive Museum
Olive Museum is a museum in Sparti, Laconia which is located on Othonos–Amalias Street. Olive Museum is situated nearby to the government office Γραφείο Κτηματογράφησης Σπάρτης, as well as near the church Euangelistria.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Museum
- Address: Othonos–Amalias Street 129, Sparta, Lakonia, 23100
- Wheelchair access: yes
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Archaeological Museum of Sparta and Temple of Artemis Orthia.
Archaeological Museum of Sparta
Museum
Photo: George E. Koronaios, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Archaeological Museum of Sparta, founded in 1875, is a museum in Sparta, Greece that houses thousands of artifacts from the ancient Acropolis of Sparta and the rest of the municipality of Laconia. Archaeological Museum of Sparta is situated 640 metres northeast of Olive Museum.
Temple of Artemis Orthia
Ruins
Photo: George E. Koronaios, CC0.
The Sanctuary of Artemis Orthia, an Archaic site devoted in Classical times to Artemis, was one of the most important religious sites in the Greek city-state of Sparta, and continued to be used into the fourth century CE, when all non-Christian worship was banned during the persecution of pagans in the late Roman Empire. Temple of Artemis Orthia is situated 1½ km northeast of Olive Museum.
Menelaion
Archaeological site
The archaeological site of Menelaion is located approximately 5 km from the modern city of Sparta. The geographical structure of this site includes a hill complex. The archaic name of the place is mentioned as Therapne. Menelaion is situated 2½ km east of Olive Museum.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Sparta and Magoula.
Sparta
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Sparta is a city and municipality in Laconia, Peloponnese, Greece. It lies at the site of ancient Sparta within the Evrotas Valley. The municipality was merged with six nearby municipalities in 2011, for a total population of 32,786, of whom 17,773 lived in the city.
Magoula
Suburb
Magoula is a district of modern Sparta city in Laconia, Greece. It is the former seat of the Mystras municipality. It is basically the evolution of a small village that has been attached to the growing Sparta city.
Kladas
Village
Photo: LeoAs, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Kladas is a small village which is located about 5 kilometers north of the city of Sparta and belongs to the municipality of Sparta. The village was named after Krokodeilos Kladas, a medieval Greek military leader. Kladas is situated 4 km north of Olive Museum.
Olive Museum
- Categories: building, tourism, and tourist attraction
- Location: Sparti, Laconia, Peloponnese, Greece, Balkans, Europe
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Latitude
37.07044° or 37° 4′ 14″ northLongitude
22.42622° or 22° 25′ 34″ eastOperator
Piraeus Bank GroupOpen location code
8G943CCG+5FOpenStreetMap ID
way 420837140OpenStreetMap feature
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tourism=museumOpenStreetMap attribute
wheelchair=yes
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In Other Languages
“Olive Museum” goes by many names.
- Greek: “Μουσείο Ελιάς”
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Highlights include Γραφείο Κτηματογράφησης Σπάρτης and Euangelistria.
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