OLYMPIÉION
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Site to discover the remains of the colossal temple of Olympian Zeus.
This site allows you to discover the remains of the colossal temple of Zeus Olympian: 15 erected columns that are still very impressive. It must be said that the Olympiion was the largest temple ever built in Greece! Begun by Pisistrate in the 6th century BC, it was completed 600 years later by Emperor Hadrian before being destroyed by the Barbarians. The setting sun bathed the surviving columns in a magnificent golden hue, and we can understand this stylite hermit who, in the 17th century, chose the top of one of them to install his cabin!
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Petite boutique intéressante à l'entrée du site, qui appartient au ministère de la culture, et qui reproduit des copies certifiées d'oeuvres antiques. Les vraies sont visibles au musée archéologique.