Palaestra of Olympia

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ancient Greek palaestra archaeological site sports training facility

The Palaestra of Olympia is an ancient Greek training ground at the sanctuary of Olympia, where athletes, especially wrestlers, prepared and practiced for the Olympic Games.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	ancient Greek palaestra ⓘ archaeological site ⓘ sports training facility ⓘ
adjacentTo	Gymnasion of Olympia ⓘ
architecturalStyle	Hellenistic architecture ⓘ
builtInCentury	3rd century BCE ⓘ
builtInPeriod	Hellenistic period ⓘ
culture	ancient Greek ⓘ
currentCondition	ruins ⓘ
dedicatedTo	training of Olympic athletes ⓘ
excavatedBy	German Archaeological Institute ⓘ
excavationBeganIn	1875 ⓘ
function	instruction in athletic techniques ⓘ place for physical exercise ⓘ social gathering place for athletes ⓘ
hasApproximateDimensions	66 meters per side ⓘ
hasFeature	Doric columns ⓘ bathing rooms ⓘ central open courtyard ⓘ changing rooms ⓘ dust or sand areas for wrestling ⓘ oil storage rooms ⓘ porticoes on all four sides ⓘ rooms around the courtyard ⓘ rooms for trainers and officials ⓘ surrounding colonnades ⓘ
heritageStatus	part of Archaeological Site of Olympia UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ
locatedIn	Elis ⓘ Greece ⓘ Olympia ⓘ Peloponnese ⓘ sanctuary of Olympia ⓘ
materialUsed	brick ⓘ lime plaster ⓘ stone ⓘ
near	Temple of Zeus at Olympia ⓘ stadium of Olympia ⓘ
openToPublic	yes ⓘ
partOf	sanctuary of Olympia ⓘ surface form: Olympic Games complex at Olympia gymnastic complex of Olympia ⓘ
religiousContext	sanctuary of Olympia ⓘ surface form: sanctuary of Zeus at Olympia
shape	square plan ⓘ
significance	important example of ancient Greek athletic architecture ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageSiteSince	1989 ⓘ
usedFor	athletic training ⓘ boxing practice ⓘ pankration training ⓘ preparation for Olympic Games ⓘ wrestling practice ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

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

Archaeological site of Olympia → hasPart → Palaestra of Olympia ⓘ

sanctuary of Olympia → hasPart → Palaestra of Olympia ⓘ

subject surface form: Sanctuary of Olympia

Olympia → hasStructure → Palaestra of Olympia ⓘ

Olympia, Greece → hasStructure → Palaestra of Olympia ⓘ

Gymnasion of Olympia → nearbyStructure → Palaestra of Olympia ⓘ

Leonidaion → nearbyStructure → Palaestra of Olympia ⓘ