Drouva Forest Theatre

Drouva Forest Theatre is a theater building in Olympia, Elis, West Greece. Drouva Forest Theatre is situated near the public building Ephorate Of Antiquities of Ilia - Administration Offices, as well as near Olympia Town Hall.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights: Olympia and Statue of Zeus at Olympia.

Olympia

Photo: Wikimedia, CC0.

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 1 km southeast of Drouva Forest Theatre.

Museum of the History of the Olympic Games in Antiquity

Museum

Photo: Joyofmuseums, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Museum of the History of the Olympic Games in Antiquity is situated 310 metres east of Drouva Forest 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.

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. Archaia Pisa is situated 3 km east of Drouva Forest Theatre.

Drouva Forest Theatre

Type: Theater building
Categories: building, tourist attraction, and tourism
Location: Olympia, Elis, West Greece, Peloponnese, Greece, Balkans, Europe
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Latitude

37.64138° or 37° 38′ 29″ north

Longitude

21.622° or 21° 37′ 19″ east

Wheelchair access

yes

Open location code

8G93JJRC+HQ

OpenStreetMap ID

way 527367858

OpenStreetMap feature

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OpenStreetMap feature

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In Other Languages

From Greek to Russian—“Drouva Forest Theatre” goes by many names.

Greek: “Θέατρο Δάσους Δρούβα”
Russian: “Лесной театр Друва”

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights: Ephorate Of Antiquities of Ilia - Administration Offices and Olympia Town Hall.

Nearby Places

Places to explore: Κτήριο Γερμανικών Ανασκαφών and Εργαστήρια Εφορείας Αρχαιοτήτων Ηλείας (πρώην Ξενία).

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