13 Facts About Olympia Greece

Olympia, officially Archaia Olympia (Modern Greek: ; Ancient Greek: ; "Ancient Olympia"), is a small town in Elis on the Peloponnese peninsula in Greece, famous for the nearby archaeological site of the same name.

Olympia Greece was a sanctuary, but it was within the independent state of Elis, and since the Eleans managed the games, there was sometimes bias.

Somewhat in contrast to Delphi, where a similar large collection of monuments were tightly packed within the temenos boundary, Olympia Greece sprawled beyond the boundary wall, especially in the areas devoted to the games.

Olympia Greece was known for the gigantic chryselephantine statue of Zeus that was the cult image in his temple, sculpted by Pheidias, which was named one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World by Antipater of Sidon.

Olympia Greece assigned the name "Hill of Cronus" to the previously unnamed hill, and then instituted the Olympic games.

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Olympia Greece cannot be defining it to exist, which it already does, and has existed, possibly long before.

Since the 1870s, the excavation and preservation of Ancient Olympia Greece has been the responsibility of the German Archaeological Institute at Athens.

The first major excavation of Olympia Greece began in 1875, funded by the German government after negotiation of exclusive access by Ernst Curtius.

In modern terms it became Archaia Olympia Greece, "Ancient Olympia Greece, " and was a deme, or municipality, of its own.

The terminology can be confusing, as "ancient Olympia Greece" can be either the modern municipal unit, or only the site of the ruins.

The catchment up to Olympia Greece is flat or rolling and is agricultural; upstream from Olympia Greece the river drains the foothills of the mountains.

Site and town of Olympia Greece were severely threatened and nearly damaged by the 2007 forest fires.

Buildings and monuments in Olympia Greece have been selected numerous times as main motif of collectors' coins.