★ UNESCO
World Heritage
World Heritage
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Where in the world
Greece
The site
Olympia, in western Greece, is the sanctuary and settlement where the ancient Olympic Games were held, a Greek religious and athletic centre occupied from around 1000 BCE until 426 CE. This UNESCO World Heritage site clusters temples and sacred precincts that gave the games their name and their gods their honours. Today Olympia remains one of Greece's most visited archaeological sites, drawing close to half a million people a year.
Field notes
- civilizations
- Greek
- types
- Temple · City
- built
- 600 BCE — 457 BCE
- occupied
- 1,000 BCE — 426 CE
- visitors
- 484,238 / year
- country
- Greece
- elevation
- 69 m above sea level
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Notable finds
Renowned pieces unearthed at Olympia — and where they are today
Figures of this place
Laid to rest, born or died at Olympia
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Peregrinus Proteusdied here2nd century Greek Cynic philosopherA†
Arrhichiondied hereancient Olympic pancratiastO⚱
Oleniusrests hereancient Eleian horseman in Greece mythologyA✶
Archilochusborn herefictional ancient Greek historian, invented by Annio of ViterboChronicle
What happened at Olympia
- 775 BCE776 BC Ancient Olympic Games
- 723 BCE14th Olympiad
- 719 BCE15th Olympiad
- 707 BCE18th Olympiad
- 111 BCE167th Olympiad
- 107 BCE168th Olympiad
- 103 BCE169th Olympiad
- 99 BCE170th Olympiad
- 95 BCE171st Olympiad
- 91 BCE172nd Olympiad
- 87 BCE173rd Olympiad
- 83 BCE174th Olympiad
- 79 BCE175th Olympiad
- 75 BCE176th Olympiad
- 71 BCE177th Olympiad
- 67 BCE178th Olympiad
