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The 4th century BC circular Philippeion, a votive monument dedicated to Zeus. Ancient Olympia, Peloponnese. Greece. The building was named and begun by King Philip of Macedon after his victory at Chaironeia in 338 BC and completed by his son Alexander the Great. Part of the stylobate and three columns of the structure have been restored, originally it had 18 Ionic exterior columns and 9 engaged columns with Corinthian capitals in the cella. Olympia was the site of the ancient Olympic Games and is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
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Olympia, Olympic, Zeus, Peloponnese. Greece, Greek, Ancient Greece, Europe, Southern Europe, Ruins, Archaeology, archeology, ruin, Arcadian, Landscape, architecture, peloponisos, peloponnes, Peloponnese, peloponnisos, Mythology, Hellenic, Hellenistic, Pagan, God, Goddess, sacred, vestiges, sanctuary, Ellenis, Ellenes, Hellens, Panhellenic, games, sport, athletics, arena, Archaia, Ellis, Illia, Mediterranean, UNESCO
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