Category:Ancient Olympia - Wikimedia Commons

English: The ancient site of Olympia is located in Greece. The Olympic Games originated here. The site is part of the UNESCO World Heritage list since 1989. The site of the ancient ruins, the source of the name Archaia Olympia, is 588 metres (643 yd) to the SE of the modern village, beneath Kronious Hill. The site is named Archeologikos Choros Olimpias, "Archaeological Site of Olympia." The ruins are politically within the village, which has a caretaker function. The village is also home to the museums, such as the Archaiologiko Museio Olympias, the "Archaeological Museum of Olympia." For the town in Washington, USA, see Category:Olympia, Washington.

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Olympia 

archaeological site, sanctuary of Ancient Greece
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Instance of	Ancient Greek archaeological site Samian Ware Discovery Site hieron organized archaeological site
Dedicated to	Zeus (Olympius)
Culture	Ancient Greece
Location	Ancient Olympia Municipality, Elis Regional Unit, West Greece Region, Decentralized Administration of Peloponnese, Western Greece and the Ionian Islands, Greece
Operator	Ephorate of Antiquities of Ilia
Heritage designation	World Heritage Site (1989–) listed archaeological site in Greece
Area	106 ha
Elevation above sea level	69 m
Visitors per year	423,424 (2016) 481,252 (2017) 484,238 (2018)
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37° 38′ 18″ N, 21° 37′ 48″ E
Authority file  Q38888 ISNI: 0000000107482012 VIAF ID: 267044076, 23166290245600461932 GND ID: 4043508-8 NL CR AUT ID: ge214859 NORAF ID: 90842979 World Heritage Site ID: 517 OpenStreetMap way ID: 39984003 Reasonator Scholia Wikidocumentaries PetScan statistics WikiMap Locator tool KML file WikiShootMe OpenStreetMap Search depicted

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