Olympia
Olympia (Greek: Ολυμπία) is a city of the southern plains of Greece, located in the northwest of Peloponnese. It is the ancient Elias to worship Zeus religious center, but also the ruins of the ancient Olympic Games. Which by the Phi Dias made Olympus Zeus statue is one of the seven wonders of the world. As early as the middle of the Greek bronze era in later Olympia's Althias had a place of residence. Mycenaean civilization only left a small number of local relics, and in the west of Olympia on a high ground there is an important residential area. The first 10 centuries or the first 9th century Olympia became a holy place, and its most important large-scale building was formed in the first four centuries. 426 Byzantine Emperor Diodosi II ordered the prohibition of the sacrament in Olympia to overcome the influence of ancient religions and promote Christianity. ...