Olympia, the cradle of athletic events in antiquity, from 776 B.C. up to 393 A.D. i.e. for more than a millennium, hosted the Olympic Games of Greece, and, after the Roman conquest, the Olympic Games of the whole of the known world, at that time. It lies

In antiquity, Ilida or Ilis, 35 km north of Olympia and south of the river Penaeus, apart from being a centre of important political developments for Ancient Greece, it was also the organiser of the Olympic Games. The region has been inhabited since the P

Chlemoytsi, one of the most well preserved fortresses of the Frankish rule, is in the westerner part of the Peloponnese on the peninsula of Kyllini. It is 2.5 km away from the sea, eastern wise, and 6 km from the northern cape of Kyllini; it is built on a