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In Ancient Olympia (5)

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Adele D. Oliver

Community Manager, Lotusland, Canada

In Ancient Olympia (5)

Olympia a sanctuary of ancient Greece in Elis on the Peloponnese peninsula, is known for having been the site of the Olympic Games in classical times. The Olympic Games were held every four years throughout Classical Antiquity, from the 8th century BC to the 4th century AD.[2] The first Olympic Games were in honor of Zeus.

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alexander stefanatos 26/03/2015 22:59
A! Adele, here you shot a wonderful and quite documentary picture that shows a remarkable merge of Classical Ancient Greek and Byzantine architecture. If I'm not mistaken, this is the ancient site of the workhouse of the famous greek sculptor Feidias which, many centuries later, the Byzantine emperors demolished building an Orthodox church on it just to signify the dominance of Christianity over Dodekatheon!..A common practice that continued later on with Christians and Muslims building churches and mosques on each other...The survived Byzantine architecture is quite evident on your wonderful photo and looks so diverse among the other ruins of the Classical antiquity.
Feidias was of course the sculptor of the Gold/Ivory statue of Zeus, one of the seven world wonders,that decorated his Temple in Olympia and which was destroyed by enemies and lost through the centuries.
A really documentary picture you've got here!
regards alexander
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LadyNoone 25/03/2015 22:35
Amazing framing and textures!
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SINA 25/03/2015 11:17
FASZINIEREND!!!!!
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lolita cecilia 24/03/2015 23:07
Texturas...luz...B&N...definición...imagen, FANTASTICA...!!
Un abrazo Adele
Lola
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Conny11 24/03/2015 23:06
Das sieht spannend aus...
eine schöne Serie in SW.
LG Conny
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adriana lissandrini 24/03/2015 22:50
interesting details of these magnificent ruins, the B / W is really excellent
hugs, Adriana
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phonya 24/03/2015 21:31
one of the best of your great series!!
greetings
phonya
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María de la Rosa 24/03/2015 19:57
magnifica!!!
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Mirjam Burer 24/03/2015 16:29
here I like the textures a lot and the look through into the ruin...compliment Adele
hugs
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JX 24/03/2015 15:13
Das ist ganz fantastisch, ein top Foto
LG Beat
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Claudio Micheli 24/03/2015 13:13
Piacevole presentazione.
Ciao
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Pierre LAVILLE 24/03/2015 13:06
Superbe !!
++++++++
Amitiés . Bon après-midi.
Pierre
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Alfred Schultz 24/03/2015 10:20
The bricklayers were true masters
at these times.
Impressive presentation.
Gruss - A.
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Christian Villain 24/03/2015 9:55
Ton choix du NB pour cette construction dans un complexe appareillage de pierres et briques est encore plus fascinant .
On cligne des yeux !!! mais on " pénètre " dans cet espace .
Bravo . et merci pour la documentation .
Amitiés
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