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 Located between Cronius (or Kronios) hill and the conflux of the rivers Kladeos and Alpheios, Ancient Olympia in 776 B.C. gave birth to, held for centuries and donated to the world the most important athletic and cultural institution of human history, the Olympic Games. Walking around the Gymnasium, the Palaestra,... >>>
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 The current visitor of Olympia, with his entry in the Archaeological Site, can see the following buildings: 1. Gymnasio The gymnasium is a large quadrangular building, with central court enclosed by Doric stoas. The surviving structure dates to the second century BC. A monumental propylon was added at the south-east... >>>
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Sixteen kilometres from the Ionian sea, in the western Peloponnese, where the rivers Alfios and Kladios meet, the visitor can see the ancient sacred precinct of Olympia and the place where the ancient Olympic Games were established. In the ancient years, the region belonged to the sovereignty of the city... >>>
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 The first Museum in Olympia was founded in 1886 on small hill of westwards Alteos, with financing of national benefactor A. Syngrou. Is a beautiful building of neoclassic rythm, in drawings of W. Doerpfeld and F. Adler.In 1954 suffered serious damage from the earthquakes. Thus it began to be built... >>>
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 On 24 March 2004, roughly before one year, they were inaugurated in Olympia, opening their gates in the public, three new Museums, as well as the Archaeological Museum of Ilidas, the capital of state of Ilias and organizing city of Olympic Fights of Antiquity.
The performance of Olympic Fights in Athens... >>>
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The so much characteristically conical and pyknopeykofytos hill that is raised and dominates in the BA of Holy Olympia and her beautiful valley with her fabulous rivers Alfios and Kladeo, is akatalyta tied up with older doxasies and thryloys round Holy Alti and her Pan-Hellenic fights, Olympia.
The hill older was... >>>
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 3000 years ago, Olympia constituted the most important religious centre in south-western Greece. The ancient Greeks worshipped Zeus, the king of gods, and they honoured him in regular times with many religious events. The last ones included also athletic competition. The first Olympic Games were organized in 776 B.C. Since... >>>
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