Sanctuary of Eileithyia

Sanctuary of Eileithyia is an archaeological site in Olympia, Elis, West Greece. Sanctuary of Eileithyia is situated nearby to the park Olympic Botanical Garden, as well as near the peak Cronious hill.

Type: Archaeological site
Description: excavated temple and altar north of Kronion hill
Also known as: “Eileithyia sanctuary at Olympia”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include 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 490 metres south of Sanctuary of Eileithyia.

Cronious hill

Peak

Photo: Joanbanjo, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Cronious hill is a peak.

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.

Sanctuary of Eileithyia

Categories: ancient Greek temple, historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
Location: Olympia, Elis, West Greece, Peloponnese, Greece, Balkans, Europe
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Latitude

37.64236° or 37° 38′ 33″ north

Longitude

21.63082° or 21° 37′ 51″ east

Open location code

8G93JJRJ+W8

OpenStreetMap ID

way 775330572

OpenStreetMap feature

historic=archaeological_site

Wikidata ID

Q107010633

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In Other Languages

From French to Greek—“Sanctuary of Eileithyia” goes by many names.

French: “sanctuaire d’Ilithyie”
French: “Sanctuaire d’Ilithyie”
German: “Tempel der Eileithyia”
Greek: “Ναός της Ειλείθυιας”

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Olympic Botanical Garden and Olympic Truce Grove.

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