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Sacred Precinct / Triangular Pillar Description
(Local Name: 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.
Hobbies & Activities category: Archeological site or ruin;  Town walls, fortifications, gates;  Standalone sculpture, statue or fountain;  Towers, monuments, observation deck
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