TEMPLE OF OLYMPIAN ZEUS, Temple Of Olympian Zeus

Hi, my name’s Marcy, and I’m your personal guide. Along with MyWoWo, I’d like to welcome you to one of the Wonders of the World: the Temple of Olympian Zeus.

The Temple of Olympian Zeus was the largest colossal temple in Greece and indeed one of the largest in the world during Antiquity.

The remains before you are what is left of one of the most striking temples ever built: 110 meters long and 43 meters wide, with columns over 17 meters high, like a six-storey house.

Just fifteen of the columns are still standing, but try to imagine what it must have looked like when it was complete, with three rows of eight columns on the two facades, and two rows of twenty columns on the flanks, for a total of 104....