Olympia - Sacred Precinct (Triangular Pillar) Altis
We enter the Sacred Precinct at Altis through a Roman gateway on the south side and see, beyond the triangular pillar which bore Paionios's figure of Victory (ca. 425 B.C.) and the bases of numerous votive monuments, the temple of Zeus, built by Libon of Elis between 470 and 456 B.C., which has been called "the finest expression of the Doric canon" (Gruben). A ramp leads up to the entrance.
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Prytaneion
The sacred grove at Altis encompassed the Prytaneion, the magistrates' residence, which was separated into two parts. In the southern part is the Altar of the Goddess Hestia with the inextinguishable firing.
Temple of Hera
Among the impressive buildings at Altis is Hera's Temple, which dates much earlier than her husband's (Zeus) and served as a perfect setting for Prexiteles' Hermes, found standing among the columns of the Temple.
