valley of the Alfeios River

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The valley of the Alfeios River is a fertile river valley in the western Peloponnese of Greece, renowned as the setting of ancient Olympia and its Panhellenic sanctuary.

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
valley of the Alfeios River canonical 2
Alfeios River basin 1
Alfeios valley 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf geographical region
river valley
associatedWithDeity Zeus
associatedWithEvent Olympic Games
surface form: ancient Olympic Games
climate Mediterranean climate
contains sanctuary of Olympia
surface form: Panhellenic sanctuary of Zeus at Olympia

Olympia, Greece
surface form: ancient Olympia

Archaeological site of Olympia
surface form: archaeological site of Olympia

sanctuary of Olympia
country Greece
culturalHeritageStatus Archaeological site of Olympia
surface form: UNESCO World Heritage context via Olympia
drainageTo Ionian Sea
geologicalOrigin fluvial erosion by the Alfeios River
historicalSignificance center of Panhellenic religious activity in antiquity
setting of the ancient Olympic Games
knownFor Olympia, Greece
surface form: ancient Olympia

fertile agricultural land
landscapeCharacter alluvial plain
riverine terraces
locatedIn Peloponnese
surface form: Peloponnese peninsula

Southern Greece
surface form: southern Greece

Peloponnese
surface form: western Peloponnese
locatedInAdministrativeRegion Western Greece
surface form: Western Greece periphery
locatedNear Ionian Sea coast of the Peloponnese
namedAfter Alfeios River
nearbySettlement Pyrgos
modern town of Olympia
partOf valley of the Alfeios River self-linksurface differs
surface form: Alfeios River basin
regionType fertile valley
religiousSignificance Panhellenic sanctuary
supports citrus cultivation
olive cultivation
vine cultivation
timePeriodOfMajorImportance Archaic period of Greece
Classical Greece
surface form: Classical antiquity
tourismAttraction archaeological tourism
cultural tourism
religious heritage tourism
traversedBy Alfeios River
usedFor agriculture

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Archaeological site of Olympia locatedIn valley of the Alfeios River
valley of the Alfeios River partOf valley of the Alfeios River self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Alfeios River basin
Alfeios River hasValley valley of the Alfeios River
this entity surface form: Alfeios valley
sanctuary of Olympia locatedIn valley of the Alfeios River
subject surface form: Sanctuary of Olympia
this entity surface form: valley of the Alpheios River
Olympia archaeological site locatedIn valley of the Alfeios River