Olympia
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Olympia is the sanctuary of Zeus in the western Peloponnese, where the Olympic Games were held from 776 BC to 393 AD. The sacred precinct, the Altis, lies on a flat alluvial plain between the Alpheios and Kladeos rivers, surrounded by…
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The Doric Temple of Zeus was built as the principal temple of the Altis, a 6-by-13 column peripteros in shell limestone with marble revetment.
- -438--430
The chryselephantine cult statue of Zeus by Pheidias was installed inside the temple and later counted among the seven wonders of the ancient world.
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Urval som Olympia hör till
Mer i Grekland
Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Centre
2016 · Renzo Piano
Zappeion
1888 · Theophil Hansen
Metropolitan Cathedral of Athens
1862 · Theophil Hansen
Academy of Athens
1885 · Theophil Hansen
National Library of Greece
1902 · Theophil Hansen
National Observatory of Athens
1846 · Theophil Hansen
Panathenaic Stadium
1896 · Anastasios Metaxas
University of Athens
1864 · Christian Hansen
Agios Dimitrios Loumbardiaris
850
Pnyx
507
Areopagus
700
Weiler Building
1836 · Wilhelm von Weiler
Bildkällor
- Van Der Meulen Christofle · CC0
- Guillaume Abel Blouet · Public domain
- dronepicr · CC BY 2.0
- Scan by NYPL · Public domain
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