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| | Ilia Peloponnese Greece - travel information for elia in Greece, hotels, accommodation, tours, Ancient Olympia, Pyrgos, ... |
 | | Pyrgos, the capital of Ilia, located 315 KM western of Athens, approximately 3 hours and 45 minutes, driving either via the national highway Athens - Korinthos - Patras - Pyrgos, or via Korinthos - Tripolis - Pyrgos or via Korinthos, Tripolis, Megalopolis, Kalamata, Pyrgos. |
 | | From Pyrgos, the Capital of Ilia, the road forks to the east, passing across the fertile vale of Olympia. |
 | | It was at Olympia that some of the loveliest love myths of the ancient Greeks were born, of Alpheios and Arethousa, Apollo and Daphne, Pelops and Hippodameia, divine and heroic figures associated with the propagation of vegetation and of life. |
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