The complex of its Southern Heat is being restored Ancient Olympia, following a recent opinion of the Central Archaeological Council (KAS). Specifically, as informed today by the Ministry of Culture, the members of the KAS unanimously gave a positive opinion on the geological and geotechnical study, the architectural design and the static design for the restoration of the Southern Thermae of Ancient Olympia, prepared by the competent services of the Ministry of Culture. framework of the project for the protection, restoration and promotion of the Roman Monuments of Ancient Olympia, which is in progress since 2020.
According to the same announcement, the studies were formulated after evaluating the pathology, the degree of danger and the necessity of promoting and integrating the monument in the experience of touring the archeological site of Olympia. They envisage the restoration of the architectural remains of South Therma through direct fixing interventions, the promotion and enhancement of their readability, the configuration of visitor routes, in order to allow the tour within the monuments themselves, as well as measures for the arrangement of the showers.
Following the positive opinions of the Central Archaeological Council, the Minister of Culture and Sports, Lina Mendoni, He said: “The restoration and maintenance of the South Therma complex in Ancient Olympia is part of the works we have included in our design for the restoration and promotion of the monuments of the Roman period in the archaeological site. The interventions on the specific monuments are the starting point of the Cultural Route “The Road to the West. From Homer to Cervantes”, which has been included in the projects of the Ministry of Culture and Sports funded by the Recovery Fund. Our goal is to highlight the monument and its inclusion in the visitable core of the archaeological site. With the completion of the works in the Southern Thermae, as well as in the Thermae of Leonidaios and in the Early Christian Basilica, in the workshop of Pheidias, very important monuments which until today had not received the appropriate care, the visitable archeological site of Olympia expands by at least 10 acres . In combination with the project “Ancient Olympia: Common Place” that utilizes the technologies of artificial intelligence and augmented reality – a product of cooperation between the Ministry of Culture and Microsoft – the visit to Ancient Olympia acquires new features. The stay time of the visitors is extended, as the offered knowledge and experiences have multiplied. This is, after all, the purpose of the projects financed by the RRF, to strengthen the local communities in terms of development and economy “.
According to information from the Ministry of Culture, the complex of South Therma in the archaeological site of Olympia is located outside the enclosure of Altea. It is a building that composes a very complex floor plan, difficult to read by the visitor. The choice of the construction site of the monument seems to have emerged based on the dynamic evolution of Ancient Olympia and its operation served the growing needs of visitors. Most of the preserved architectural remains of South Therma belong to the time of Diocletian, around 300 AD. The surviving architectural remains form three separate building units. The first and most extensive covers 2/3 of the complex to the north, and is identified with the function of Roman baths that are structured around a spacious patio. To the south, there are two separate building units: the so-called “House with the mosaics” and the “House with the square stones”. The timeless use of the monument was influenced by external factors such as earthquakes, floods, urban changes that took place in the area of ​​Olympia and which have caused the disruption of the cohesion of the masonry with the risk of collapse of parts.
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