Olympia

P001 Secluded in western Peloponnese in the beautiful valley of the Alpheios river, the archaeological site of Olympia, inhabited since prehistoric time, sprawling...

P002 ... the Altis, consecrated to Zeus, a major sanctuary from the 10th century BC to the 4th century AD corresponding to the zenith of Olympia...

P003 The archaeological site of Olympia... consisting the sanctuary of Zeus and the many buildings erected around it, such as athletic premises used for the...

P004 ... The Altis, including the ruins of the two principal temples... the Temple of Hera (6th century BC) and the Temple of Zeus (5th century BC)...

P005 ... the Olympian sanctuary became renowned with the first Pan-Hellenic Games at 776 BC...

P006 ... the partly preserved gymnasium built during the Hellenistic period (3rd century BC), a large quadrangular building with central court enclosed by Doric...

P007 The Palaestra, built in the 3rd century BC as part of the gymnasium complex, surrounded by a Doric colonnade of 72 columns and laid with fine sand on which the...

P008 The Kronion Thermae (2nd century BC - 5th century AD)... a large building complex comprising a central peristyle court surrounded by many rooms; functioned as a...

P009 The Prytaneion (5th century BC), the administrative center of the Olympic Games; the seat of the dignitaries of the Sanctuary Prytaneis responsible for the...

P010 ...the Altis, the sacred enclosure, with its shady oaks, sycamores, pines, poplars and olive trees...

P011 The Philippieion, the only circular building inside the Altis, dedicated to Zeus by Philip II of Macedon after his victory at Chaironeia in 338 BC...

P012 ... the Philippieion, a particularly elegant building standing on a three-stepped marble base and supported a stone entablature; the roof had marble tiles and a...

P014 ... the Heraion and the Philippeion...

P015 ... zoomed-in view - ruins of the Temple of Zeus...

P017 ... restored ruins of the Temple of Hera (also known as Heraion), built around 600 BC, dedicated to the Olympian sanctuary by the inhabitants of Skillous, an...

P018 Temple of Hera... a Doric peripteral temple with six columns at the narrow and sixteen columns at the long sides; divided into three chambers: pronaos (the...

P019 ... originally wooden columns were gradually replaced by stones ones... According to legend, the Temple of Hera was known to have held the Disk of Iphitos on...

P020 ... Iphitos, king of Elis, restored the Olympic Games after the Dorian invasion. The restoration came after his asking the Oracle at Delphi about what should be...