Bouleuterion of Ancient Olympia settled

Name: Bouleuterion of Ancient Olympia settled
Start: -0580

580 BCE.

Shown on the map at 37.637°, 21.631°.

The Bouleuterion (Council House) of Ancient Olympia was a building inside the archaeological site of Olympia. A bouleuterion was an assembly house for local legislatures and other meetings. Building complex comprising two main buildings, a square room, and a stoa. The edifices were erected south of the Temple of Zeus and date back to the 6th - 4th Century BC.

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