Irakleia ( el, Ηράκλεια, before 1915: Μπρούμα - ''Brouma'') is a village in the municipality of
Ancient Olympia
Olympia ( el, label=Modern Greek, Ολυμπία ; grc, Ὀλυμπία ), officially Archaia Olympia ( el, label=Modern Greek, Αρχαία Ολυμπία; grc, Ἀρχαία Ὀλυμπία, links=no; "Ancient Olympia"), is a small town in E ...
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Elis
Elis or Ilia ( el, Ηλεία, ''Ileia'') is a historic region in the western part of the Peloponnese peninsula of Greece. It is administered as a regional unit of the modern region of Western Greece. Its capital is Pyrgos. Until 2011 it was ...
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Greece
Greece,, or , romanized: ', officially the Hellenic Republic, is a country in Southeast Europe. It is situated on the southern tip of the Balkans, and is located at the crossroads of Europe, Asia, and Africa. Greece shares land borders ...
. Its population in 2011 was 272. Irakleia is located 3 km northwest of
Pelopio, 6 km southeast of
Karatoula, 7 km northwest of
Olympia and 15 km northeast of
Pyrgos.
Population
History
Irakleia was named after
Heracleia, a town of the ancient
Eleans, located about 50 stadia (9 km) from
Olympia and near the river
Kytheros. It had a spring and a sanctuary of the
Ionides: the nymphs Calliphaea, Synallasia, Pegaea and Iasis. It was believed that the spring water cured all sorts of aches and pains.
[ Strabo V]
See also
*
List of settlements in Elis
This is a list of settlements in Elis, Greece.
* Achladini
* Aetorrachi
* Agios Andreas, Katakolo
* Agia Anna
* Agia Kyriaki
* Agia Mavra
* Agia Triada
* Agioi Apostoloi
* Agios Charalampos
* Agios Dimitrios
* Agios Georgios
* Agios Ilia ...
References
External links
Heraklia at the GTP Travel Pages
Geography of ancient Elis
Cities in ancient Peloponnese
Populated places in Elis
Olympia, Greece
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