Workshop of Pheidias

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The Workshop of Pheidias is an ancient building at Olympia where the renowned sculptor Pheidias created the chryselephantine Statue of Zeus, one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World.

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Label Occurrences
Workshop of Pheidias canonical 2

Statements (41)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient building
archaeological site
alsoKnownAs Pheidias’ workshop at Olympia
Phidias’ workshop
archaeologicalEvidence inscribed cup naming Pheidias
associatedWith Phidias
surface form: Pheidias

Statue of Zeus at Olympia
chronology 5th century BCE
country Greece
culture Ancient Greek
dedicatedTo work of Pheidias
discoveredIn 19th century
evidenceFor construction of the chryselephantine Statue of Zeus
excavatedBy German Archaeological Institute
function artist’s workshop
hasRemains foundations
walls
work areas
hasType workshop
heritageStatus part of Archaeological Site of Olympia
languageOfName Greek
locatedIn Elis
Greece
Olympia
Peloponnese
materialFound clay molds
gold-working debris
ivory fragments
tools
namedAfter Phidias
surface form: Pheidias
near Temple of Zeus at Olympia
notableWorkCreated Statue of Zeus at Olympia
partOf sanctuary of Olympia
period Classical Greece
region Western Greece
relatedTo Seven Wonders of the Ancient World
touristAttraction yes
UNESCOWorldHeritageSiteSince 1989
usedFor creation of cult statues
sculpture production
worldHeritageSiteOf UNESCO

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Referenced by (2)

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

Olympia, Greece hasStructure Workshop of Pheidias
Olympia archaeological site hasPart Workshop of Pheidias