Greece_Ancient_Olympia_060.tif
West view of the Olympic Stadium, Ancient Olympia, Peloponnese. Greece. This is the third and final version in a series of stadiums and is dated from the 5th century BC. The stadium had a seating capacity of 40,000 in which spectators, men only, sat on the ground of the artificial banks. Close to the track in the middle of the south embankment, is the Exedra of the Hellanodikai, a marble enclosure where the judges sat. The stadium track between the starting and finishing lines is 600 Olympic feet apart – 192.27 metres. Olympia was the site of the ancient Olympic Games and is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
- Copyright
- Copyright Steven Sklifas. All Rights Reserved.
- Image Size
- 7360x4912 / 103.5MB
- www.stevensklifas.com
- Keywords
-
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
- Contained in galleries
- Olympia - Peloponnese - Greece
