Olympia, Greece

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UNESCO World Heritage Site ancient sanctuary archaeological site

Olympia, Greece is an ancient sanctuary in the Peloponnese renowned as the original site of the Olympic Games in classical antiquity.

Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form As subject As object
ancient Olympia 0 3

Statements (61)

Predicate Object
instanceOf UNESCO World Heritage Site →
ancient sanctuary →
archaeological site →
associatedWithSculptor Phidias →
surface form: Pheidias
containedWorkOfArt Statue of Zeus at Olympia →
one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World →
country Greece →
dedicatedToDeity Zeus →
famousFor original site of the Olympic Games →
sanctuary of Zeus →
firstOlympicGamesTraditionallyDatedTo 776 BC →
governingBody Hellenic Ministry of Culture →
surface form: Hellenic Ministry of Culture and Sports
hasMuseum Archaeological Museum of Olympia →
Museum of the History of the Excavations at Olympia →
Museum of the History of the Olympic Games of Antiquity →
hasStructure Altis sacred precinct →
surface form: Altis sacred grove

Baths of Olympia →
Bouleuterion of Olympia →
Byzantine church remains →
Echo Stoa →
Gymnasion of Olympia →
Hippodrome of Olympia →
Leonidaion →
Metroon of Olympia →
Nymphaeum of Herodes Atticus →
Palaestra of Olympia →
Philippeion →
Prytaneion of Olympia →
Roman villa at Olympia →
Stadium of Olympia →
Temple of Cybele →
surface form: Temple of Cybele (remains)

Temple of Eileithyia (remains) →
Temple of Hera at Olympia →
Temple of Rhea and Kronos (remains) →
Temple of Themis (remains) →
Temple of Zeus at Olympia →
Treasure houses of Greek city-states →
Workshop of Pheidias →
hostedEvent ancient Olympic Games →
locatedIn Elis →
Peloponnese →
Western Greece →
modernCeremonyLocation Temple of Hera at Olympia →
modernUse lighting of the Olympic flame for the modern Olympic Games →
nearRiver Kladios River →
nearSettlement modern town of Archaia Olympia →
partOf ancient region of Elis →
periodOfFlourishing Classical Greece →
periodOfUse Archaic period to Roman period →
primaryDeityCult Zeus →
recognizedBy UNESCO →
regionType rural valley →
religiousFunction Panhellenic sanctuary →
secondaryDeityCult Hera →
situatedOnRiver Alfeios River →
UNESCOWorldHeritageCriteria (i) →
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UNESCOWorldHeritageSince 1989 →

Referenced by (16)

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

Altis sacred precinct → centralFeatureOf → Olympia, Greece →
this entity surface form: ancient Olympia
valley of the Alfeios River → contains → Olympia, Greece →
this entity surface form: ancient Olympia
Pierre de Coubertin → heartBuriedAt → Olympia, Greece →
valley of the Alfeios River → knownFor → Olympia, Greece →
this entity surface form: ancient Olympia
Paris 2024 torch relay → startLocation → Olympia, Greece →
subject surface form: 1936 Summer Olympics
XIV Olympiad → torchRelayOrigin → Olympia, Greece →
subject surface form: 2012 Summer Olympics