Olympia

This is a holy place in ancient Greece. The earliest relics began in 2000 BC and 1600 BC. Religious buildings began about 1,000 BC. From the 8th to the end of the 4th century BC, it is famous for hosting sports festivals to the main god of Zeus and is the birthplace of the Olympic Games. In this ancient land, it is really amazing to feel the pavilion runway and blessing platform of people nearly 4,000 years ago. Hermes can be regarded as the world's top cultural relics, the treasure of the town hall, but here itself is a big baby

It is said to be a holy place in ancient Greece. The earliest relics began in 2000 BC and 1600 BC. Religious buildings began about 1,000 BC. From the 8th to the end of the 4th century BC, it is famous for hosting sports festivals to the main god of Zeus and is the birthplace of the Olympic Games. It’s really amazing to feel the pavilion runway and blessing platform of people nearly four thousand years ago in this ancient land.

The sacred place of worship of the Altis Forest, here is the site of Olympia, the holy place of the Olympic Games, since 776 BC, the ancient Greeks held the Olympic Games here, which lasted until the ancient Roman era, for 1200 years, and the period before and after three months. All wars automatically stopped, so the Olympic Games are also a symbol of peace, around the 6th century AD, Olympia earthquake, the whole region fell underground, the existing ruins were reexhumed in 1875, 21 years later Athens held the first modern Olympic Games, until today, Each Olympic flame is lit in front of the temple of Hera. Especially recommended is the Olympia Archaeological Museum, the entrance to the two Zeus temple wall sculptures is exciting. The only downside is that the distance is not too easy, Olympia is located in the western Peloponnese Peninsula, I drove past Kalamabakar, about 400 kilometers away, can stop in Joanina or Patre halfway, very good

Katakolon is a very ordinary Greek town, but almost every day several cruise ships dock, tens of thousands of tourists visit, the goal is about 40 kilometers away from Katakolon, Greece's most famous and important monument, the birthplace of the modern Olympic Games - Olympia. The modern Olympic Games inherited the spirit of the ancient Greek Olympic Games, and now every Olympic flame is ignited at the altar here.

The Olympia site is located in the western Peloponnese Peninsula, about 190 kilometers west of the capital Athens, on the wooded and green grassy foothills of Cronus, a holy site of ancient Greece. The earliest relics began in 2000 BC 1600 BC, and religious buildings began about 1,000 BC. From the 8th to the end of the 4th century BC, it was famous for hosting sports festivals to the main god of Zeus and was the birthplace of the Olympic Games. The first excavation of the site began in 1829, and the earliest date of the relics was 2000 BC － 1600 BC. The site area is quite large, although most of them are remnant bricks and broken pillars, but they can still feel the grandeur of the year. Every Olympic Games will now take the flame here (the middle area of the 7th picture), due to the inconvenience of transportation, the flame will be transported to the Athens Marble Stadium to start the torch transmission ceremony. There is no regular route for travel agencies, so there are basically no Chinese tourists. There are many group tourists who are cruise ship landings, and we meet a large number of tourists on the Cruise Ship.