Olympia

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UNESCO World Heritage Site ancient sanctuary archaeological site

Olympia is an ancient sanctuary in Greece renowned as a major religious center dedicated to Zeus and the original site of the Olympic Games.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ
ancient sanctuary ⓘ
archaeological site ⓘ
AncientGreekName Ὀλυμπία ⓘ
ancientRegion Elis ⓘ
country Greece ⓘ
culturalSignificance center of panhellenic identity ⓘ
symbol of peace during Olympic truce ⓘ
dedicatedTo Zeus ⓘ
excavatedBy German Archaeological Institute ⓘ
firstGamesTraditionallyDated 776 BC ⓘ
gamesAbolishedBy Theodosius I ⓘ
gamesEnded late 4th century AD ⓘ
gamesFrequency every four years ⓘ
gamesHeld ancient Olympic Games ⓘ
hasArtwork Statue of Zeus at Olympia ⓘ
chryselephantine statue of Zeus ⓘ
one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World ⓘ
hasFestivalType athletic festival ⓘ
religious festival ⓘ
hasMainDeity Zeus ⓘ
hasStructure Altis sacred precinct ⓘ
surface form: Altis sacred grove

Bouleuterion of Olympia ⓘ
Echo Stoa ⓘ
Gymnasion of Olympia ⓘ
Hippodrome of Olympia ⓘ
Kronion hill ⓘ
Leonidaion ⓘ
Metroon at Olympia ⓘ
Nymphaeum of Herodes Atticus ⓘ
Palaestra of Olympia ⓘ
Philippeion ⓘ
Prytaneion of Olympia ⓘ
Stadium of Olympia ⓘ
Temple of Hera at Olympia ⓘ
Temple of Zeus at Olympia ⓘ
Treasuries of Greek city-states ⓘ
heritageDesignation UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ
knownFor original site of the Olympic Games ⓘ
panhellenic athletic festival ⓘ
sanctuary of Zeus ⓘ
languageOfName Ancient Greek ⓘ
locatedIn Elis ⓘ
Peloponnese ⓘ
valley of the Alfeios River ⓘ
Peloponnese ⓘ
surface form: western Peloponnese
locatedNear Kladios River ⓘ
locatedOnWatercourse Alfeios River ⓘ
majorExcavationsBegan 1875 ⓘ
modernUse major tourist attraction in Greece ⓘ
site of Olympic flame lighting ceremony ⓘ
nearbyModernSettlement Archaia Olympia ⓘ
partOf Panhellenic sanctuary network ⓘ
surface form: Panhellenic sanctuaries

ancient Greek religious centers ⓘ
religion ancient Greek religion ⓘ
religiousFunction major religious center of ancient Greece ⓘ
UNESCOInscriptionYear 1989 ⓘ
UNESCOSiteId 517 ⓘ

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

Myrtilus → associatedPlace → Olympia ⓘ
Phidias → associatedWithPlace → Olympia ⓘ
Elis → associatedWithSanctuary → Olympia ⓘ
Peloponnese → contains → Olympia ⓘ
Hera → cultCenter → Olympia ⓘ
Alfeios River → flowsThrough → Olympia ⓘ
Olympia Mancini → givenName → Olympia ⓘ
Elis → hasArchaeologicalSite → Olympia ⓘ
Echo Stoa → locatedIn → Olympia ⓘ
Leonidaion → locatedIn → Olympia ⓘ
Metroon of Olympia → locatedIn → Olympia ⓘ
North Stoa → locatedIn → Olympia ⓘ
Philippeion → locatedIn → Olympia ⓘ
South Stoa → locatedIn → Olympia ⓘ
subject surface form: South Stoa (Olympia)
Theokoleon → locatedIn → Olympia ⓘ
Pyrgos → locatedNear → Olympia ⓘ
Olympic Games → namedAfter → Olympia ⓘ
Elis → near → Olympia ⓘ
Zeus → notablePlaceOfWorship → Olympia ⓘ
subject surface form: 1948 Summer Olympics
Hermes → worshipCultCenter → Olympia ⓘ
Gaia → worshipPlace → Olympia ⓘ