Olympia. Temple of Hera. It was built aound 600 BC. View of the altar. The torch of the Olympic flame is lit in its ruins since 1936. Elis region, Peloponnese, Greece.

600 BC • 7TH BCE • 7TH CENTURY B. C. • ALTAR OF HERA • ALTAR • ANCIENT GREECE • ANCIENT GREEKS • ANCIENT WORLD • ANTIGUEDAD • ANTIQUITIES • ANTIQUITY • ARCHAEOLOGICAL DIG • ARCHAEOLOGICAL SITE • ARCHAEOLOGY • ARCHAEOLOGY: EXCAVATION • ARCHEOLOGICAL SITE • ARCHEOLOGY • ART • ARTS • ATHLETICS TRACKS AND FIELD • ATHLETICS • BLAST • BLAZE • CEREMONIAL ACT • CEREMONIES • CEREMONY • CIVILISATION • CIVILIZACION • CIVILIZATION • CLASSIC • CLASSICAL TIMES • COLUMN • COLUMNS • COMPETITIVE ATHLETICS • COURSE • CROP • CROPS • CULT • CULTIVATION • CULTURAL • CULTURE • CULTURES • EDUCATION • ELIS • EXCAVATION (ARCHAEOLOGY) • EXCAVATION, ARCHAEOLOGY • EXCAVATIONS • EXPLODING • EXPLOSION • FIRE • FIRES • FLAME • FLAMES • GODDESS • GRECO • GREECE • GREEK • GREEKS • HARVEST • HARVESTING • HELENICO • HELENISTICO • HELLENIC • HELLENISTIC • HERA • HERAION • HISTORIA UNIVERSAL • HISTORY • ILIA • LEGEND • LLAMA • MYTHOLOGY • OLYMPIA • OLYMPIC FLAME • OLYMPIC GAMES • OLYMPIC • PELOPONESO • PELOPONNESE • PELOPONNESUS • PERIOD • PILAR • PILLAR • RELIGION • REMAINS • RITE • RITUAL • RITUAL?? • RUIN • RUINS • SACRED PLACE • SANCTUARY • SCENE • SENIORITY • SERVICE • SHRINE • TEMPERA • TEMPLE OF HERA • TEMPLE • TEMPLES • TRACK AND FIELD • UNESCO WORLD HERITAGE SITE • WATER