Bouleuterion
Birthplace of Democracy
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
Its establishment is closely related to the neighbouring cities of Elis
and Pisa, which controlled the sanctuary of Olympia. The two main
buildings had an oblong plan with apsidal endings and axial colonnades. They
dated from the
The building's unique placing in the sacred enclosure of Olympia, suggests a slightly different function, compared to the Bouleuteria of other towns, which were mostly administrative centers, usually placed in the Agora.