Temple of Olympian Zeus

Attica · Greece

Temple of Olympian Zeus, Greece
Photo: Jebulon, CC0 via Wikimedia Commons

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Best time to go
Spring and autumn
Budget
$
Accessibility
limited
Coordinates
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Once the largest temple in Greece, this colossal sanctuary took centuries to complete and was finished under the Roman emperor Hadrian. A cluster of towering Corinthian columns survives from the original hundred-plus.

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