sanctuary of Olympia

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Seven Wonders of the Ancient World UNESCO World Heritage Site ancient Greek sanctuary archaeological site athletic center chryselephantine cult statue religious center

The sanctuary of Olympia is an ancient Greek religious and athletic center in the Peloponnese, renowned as the site of the original Olympic Games dedicated to Zeus.

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Observed surface forms (9)

Surface form Occurrences
Sanctuary of Olympia 10
sanctuary of Zeus at Olympia 8
Ancient Olympia 4

Statements (64)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Seven Wonders of the Ancient World ⓘ
UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ
ancient Greek sanctuary ⓘ
archaeological site ⓘ
athletic center ⓘ
chryselephantine cult statue ⓘ
religious center ⓘ
architecturalStyle Doric ⓘ
country Greece ⓘ
creator Phidias ⓘ
damagedBy earthquakes ⓘ
floods ⓘ
declineCause Christianization of the Roman Empire ⓘ
dedicatedTo Zeus ⓘ
developedAsPanhellenicCenter in the 8th century BCE ⓘ
excavatedBy German Archaeological Institute ⓘ
firstOlympicGamesTraditionallyDated 776 BCE ⓘ
foundedAsSanctuary in the late 2nd millennium BCE ⓘ
function athletic competition venue ⓘ
political meeting place ⓘ
religious festival site ⓘ
site of oracular consultation ⓘ
gamesAbolishedAround 394 CE ⓘ
gamesAbolishedBy Theodosius I ⓘ
gamesFrequency every four years ⓘ
gamesType Panhellenic Games ⓘ
surface form: Panhellenic games
hasPart Altis ⓘ
Bouleuterion of Olympia ⓘ
Echo Stoa ⓘ
Gymnasion of Olympia ⓘ
Hippodrome of Olympia ⓘ
Kronion hill ⓘ
surface form: Kronion Hill

Leonidaion ⓘ
Metroon at Olympia ⓘ
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 Archaeological site of Olympia ⓘ
surface form: UNESCO World Heritage Site "Archaeological Site of Olympia"
influenced modern Olympic movement ⓘ
knownFor original Olympic Games ⓘ
locatedIn Elis ⓘ
Peloponnese ⓘ
valley of the Alfeios River ⓘ
surface form: valley of the Alpheios River
locatedNear town of Olympia ⓘ
mainDeity Zeus ⓘ
majorExcavationsBegan 1875 ⓘ
modernUse archaeological research site ⓘ
tourist attraction ⓘ
notableWorkContained Statue of Zeus at Olympia ⓘ
otherDeity Hera ⓘ
Pelops ⓘ
periodOfFlourishing Classical period of ancient Greece ⓘ
religion ancient Greek religion ⓘ
symbolism origin of the Olympic Games ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageCriteria (i) ⓘ
(ii) ⓘ
(iii) ⓘ
(iv) ⓘ
(vi) ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageInscriptionYear 1989 ⓘ

Referenced by (39)

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

Villa of Nero at Olympia → adjacentTo → sanctuary of Olympia ⓘ
Elis → administrativeCenterOf → sanctuary of Olympia ⓘ
this entity surface form: Olympic Games at Olympia
Southern Greece → contains → sanctuary of Olympia ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ancient Olympia
valley of the Alfeios River → contains → sanctuary of Olympia ⓘ
valley of the Alfeios River → contains → sanctuary of Olympia ⓘ
this entity surface form: Panhellenic sanctuary of Zeus at Olympia
Western Greece → containsArchaeologicalSite → sanctuary of Olympia ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ancient Olympia
Echo Stoa → excavatedAt → sanctuary of Olympia ⓘ
this entity surface form: Olympia archaeological site
Heraia → hasCategory → sanctuary of Olympia ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ancient Olympia
Peloponnese → hasHistoricSite → sanctuary of Olympia ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sanctuary of Olympia
Classical Greece → hasNotableSanctuary → sanctuary of Olympia ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sanctuary of Olympia
Altis sacred precinct → hasPart → sanctuary of Olympia ⓘ
this entity surface form: Treasuries of Greek city-states at Olympia
Baths of Olympia → locatedIn → sanctuary of Olympia ⓘ
Bouleuterion of Olympia → locatedIn → sanctuary of Olympia ⓘ
this entity surface form: sanctuary of Zeus at Olympia
Metroon of Olympia → locatedIn → sanctuary of Olympia ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sanctuary of Olympia
Nymphaeum of Herodes Atticus → locatedIn → sanctuary of Olympia ⓘ
Palaestra of Olympia → locatedIn → sanctuary of Olympia ⓘ
Philippeion → locatedIn → sanctuary of Olympia ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sanctuary of Olympia
Prytaneion of Olympia → locatedIn → sanctuary of Olympia ⓘ
Temple of Hera at Olympia → locatedInSanctuary → sanctuary of Olympia ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sanctuary of Olympia
Alfeios River → nearSite → sanctuary of Olympia ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ancient Olympia
this entity surface form: Sanctuary of Olympia
Altis sacred precinct → partOf → sanctuary of Olympia ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sanctuary of Olympia
Baths of Olympia → partOf → sanctuary of Olympia ⓘ
this entity surface form: sanctuary of Zeus at Olympia
Echo Stoa → partOf → sanctuary of Olympia ⓘ
Gymnasion of Olympia → partOf → sanctuary of Olympia ⓘ
Hippodrome of Olympia → partOf → sanctuary of Olympia ⓘ
Leonidaion → partOf → sanctuary of Olympia ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sanctuary of Olympia
Metroon of Olympia → partOf → sanctuary of Olympia ⓘ
this entity surface form: sanctuary of Zeus at Olympia
North Stoa → partOf → sanctuary of Olympia ⓘ
Nymphaeum of Herodes Atticus → partOf → sanctuary of Olympia ⓘ
this entity surface form: sanctuary of Zeus at Olympia
Palaestra of Olympia → partOf → sanctuary of Olympia ⓘ
this entity surface form: Olympic Games complex at Olympia
Prytaneion of Olympia → partOf → sanctuary of Olympia ⓘ
this entity surface form: sanctuary of Zeus at Olympia
South Stoa → partOf → sanctuary of Olympia ⓘ
subject surface form: South Stoa (Olympia)
this entity surface form: sanctuary of Zeus at Olympia
Temple of Zeus at Olympia → partOf → sanctuary of Olympia ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sanctuary of Olympia
Theokoleon → partOf → sanctuary of Olympia ⓘ
Villa of Nero at Olympia → partOf → sanctuary of Olympia ⓘ
Gymnasion of Olympia → religiousContext → sanctuary of Olympia ⓘ
this entity surface form: sanctuary of Zeus at Olympia
Palaestra of Olympia → religiousContext → sanctuary of Olympia ⓘ
this entity surface form: sanctuary of Zeus at Olympia
Statue of Zeus at Olympia → significantPlace → sanctuary of Olympia ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sanctuary of Olympia