Olympia

town on the Peloponnese peninsula in Greece, site of the ancient Olympic Games
Organization ancient_greek_archaeological_site Q38888
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Olympia

Summary

Olympia is an Ancient Greek archaeological site[1]. Olympia draws 3,814 Wikipedia views per month (ancient_greek_archaeological_site category, ranking #3 of 19).[2]

Key Facts

  • Olympia is located in Ancient Olympia Municipality[3].
  • Olympia is in the country of Greece[4].
  • Olympia is on the continent of Europe[5].
  • Olympia's instance of is recorded as Ancient Greek archaeological site[6].
  • Olympia's instance of is recorded as Samian Ware Discovery Site[7].
  • Olympia's instance of is recorded as hieron[8].
  • Olympia's instance of is recorded as organized archaeological site[9].
  • Olympia's instance of is recorded as polis[10].
  • Olympia is operated by Ephorate of Antiquities of Ilia[11].
  • Olympia's postal code is recorded as 270 25[12].
  • Olympia's Commons category is recorded as Ancient Olympia[13].
  • Olympia's located in time zone is recorded as UTC+02:00[14].
  • Olympia's located in time zone is recorded as UTC+03:00[15].
  • Olympia's local dialing code is recorded as 26240[16].
  • Olympia comprises Gaion / Gaeum in Olympia[17].
  • Olympia comprises Sanctuary of Sosipolis at Olympia[18].
  • Olympia's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 37.638333333333335, 'lon': 21.63}[19].
  • Olympia's located in/on physical feature is recorded as Ancient Elis[20].
  • Olympia's dedicated to is recorded as Zeus[21].
  • Olympia's official website is recorded as http://www.olympia-greece.org[22].
  • Olympia's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Ancient Olympia[23].
  • Olympia's described at URL is recorded as http://odysseus.culture.gr/h/2/gh251.jsp?obj_id=2358[24].
  • Olympia's visitors per year is recorded as {'amount': '+423424'}[25].
  • Olympia's visitors per year is recorded as {'amount': '+481252'}[26].
  • Olympia's visitors per year is recorded as {'amount': '+484238'}[27].

Body

Operations

Olympia is operated by Ephorate of Antiquities of Ilia[11].

Brands and Namesakes

Things named for Olympia include 582 Olympia[28], an asteroid[29] and Olimpic motorcycles[30], a brand[31], in Spain[32], founded in 1953[33], headquartered in Igualada[34].

Why It Matters

Olympia draws 3,814 Wikipedia views per month (ancient_greek_archaeological_site category, ranking #3 of 19).[2] Olympia has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[35] Olympia is known by 22 alternative names across languages and contexts.[36]

Entities named for Olympia include 582 Olympia[28], an asteroid[29] and Olimpic motorcycles[30], a brand[31], in Spain[32], founded in 1953[33], headquartered in Igualada[34].

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] . archINFORM. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] . wikidata.org.
  4. [7] . Samian Research. data.archaeology.link. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [8] . wikidata.org.
  6. [9] . wikidata.org.
  7. [10] . wikidata.org.
  8. [3] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . etravelnews.gr. etravelnews.gr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . etravelnews.gr. etravelnews.gr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . etravelnews.gr. etravelnews.gr. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [28] . wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [30] . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [29] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [31] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [32] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [33] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [34] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [35] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [36] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 5w ago · RVA2869 · 2026-06-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
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    Country Greece
    World heritage criteria (i), (ii), (iii) +2
    Located in the administrative territorial entity Ancient Olympia Municipality
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