Olympia archaeological site

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UNESCO World Heritage Site ancient sanctuary archaeological site

The Olympia archaeological site is an ancient sanctuary in Greece that served as the birthplace of the Olympic Games and a major religious center dedicated primarily to Zeus and Hera.

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Label Occurrences
Olympia archaeological site canonical 9
Olympia UNESCO World Heritage Site 2
Olympia (modern village) 1

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ
ancient sanctuary ⓘ
archaeological site ⓘ
ancientGamesName Olympic Games ⓘ
architecturalStyle Ancient Greek architecture ⓘ
associatedWithWorkOfArt Statue of Zeus at Olympia ⓘ
chryselephantine cult statue of Zeus by Pheidias ⓘ
country Greece ⓘ
dedicatedTo Hera ⓘ
Zeus ⓘ
earliestGamesHeld 776 BCE ⓘ
excavatedBy German Archaeological Institute ⓘ
gamesFrequency every four years ⓘ
hasPart Altis ⓘ
Bouleuterion of Olympia ⓘ
Echo Stoa ⓘ
Gymnasion of Olympia ⓘ
Hippodrome of Olympia ⓘ
Kronion hill ⓘ
Leonidaion ⓘ
Nymphaeum of Herodes Atticus ⓘ
Palaestra of Olympia ⓘ
Philippeion ⓘ
Prytaneion of Olympia ⓘ
Stadium of Olympia ⓘ
Temple of Hera ⓘ
Temple of Zeus ⓘ
Treasuries of Greek city-states ⓘ
Workshop of Pheidias ⓘ
heritageDesignation UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ
inception 8th century BCE ⓘ
knownFor birthplace of the ancient Olympic Games ⓘ
major Panhellenic sanctuary ⓘ
locatedIn Elis ⓘ
Peloponnese ⓘ
valley of the Alfeios River ⓘ
majorExcavationsBegan 1875 ⓘ
managedBy Hellenic Ministry of Culture ⓘ
nearbySettlement modern town of Olympia ⓘ
primaryDeity Zeus ⓘ
religiousFunction sanctuary of Hera ⓘ
sanctuary of Zeus ⓘ
secondaryDeity Hera ⓘ
UNESCOSiteCategory Cultural ⓘ
UNESCOSiteId 517 ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageInscriptionYear 1989 ⓘ
usedFor athletic competitions ⓘ
oracular consultations ⓘ
political gatherings ⓘ
religious festivals ⓘ

Referenced by (13)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Temple of Hera at Olympia → partOf → Olympia archaeological site ⓘ
Baths of Olympia → partOf → Olympia archaeological site ⓘ
Villa of Nero at Olympia → heritageContext → Olympia archaeological site ⓘ
Kronion hill → isWithin → Olympia archaeological site ⓘ
subject surface form: Kronion Hill
this entity surface form: Olympia archaeological zone
Archaia Olympia → hasHeritageSiteNearby → Olympia archaeological site ⓘ
this entity surface form: Olympia UNESCO World Heritage Site
sanctuary of Zeus → partOf → Olympia archaeological site ⓘ
subject surface form: Sanctuary of Zeus at Olympia
Kladios River → nearbySettlement → Olympia archaeological site ⓘ
this entity surface form: Olympia (modern village)
Elis in the Peloponnese → hasArchaeologicalSite → Olympia archaeological site ⓘ
subject surface form: Elis
Elis regional unit → contains → Olympia archaeological site ⓘ
Ἦλις → archaeologicalSite → Olympia archaeological site ⓘ
Elis, Greece → archaeologicalSite → Olympia archaeological site ⓘ
subject surface form: Elis
Elis, Greece → heritageDesignation → Olympia archaeological site ⓘ
subject surface form: Elis
this entity surface form: Olympia UNESCO World Heritage Site
river Alpheus → nearbyAncientSite → Olympia archaeological site ⓘ
subject surface form: Alpheus