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Dion is located at the foot of Mount Olympus in the north of Greece, in what would have been ancient Macedon. It takes its name from the most important Macedonian sanctuary dedicated to Zeus ("Dios” meaning "of Zeus”). Legend claims this...

The Archaeological Museum of Dion is a museum in Dion in the Pieria Prefecture of Central Macedonia, Greece. The museum was established in 1983 to display the artefacts that were discovered in Dion and in other sites located in the wider...

The Houses of Zosa and Leda in Dion in Macedonia (Greece) are two private houses were located in the southeastern corner of the ancient city. Only a narrow road separated them from the southern city wall. Both houses were built around the...

The Sanctuary of Isis at Dion in Macedonia (Greece) was built during the 2nd century CE over the ruins of an earlier sanctuary dedicated to Aphrodite and Artemis. It had a four-columned prostyle temple in its center dedicated to Isis Lochia...

The Sanctuary of Zeus Hypsistos at Dion in Macedonia (Greece) was a sanctuary with a single-roomed temple cella surrounded by a colonnade. A cult statue of Zeus was found in the naos of the temple of Zeus Hypsistos, next to its masonry base...

The Monument of the Shields in Dion (Greece) is a monument alternating panels of shields and breastplates. These panels come from a frieze originally carved in the 4th century BCE for an unknown monumental Hellenistic building. The wall and...

The Episcopal Basilica at Dion in Macedonia (Greece) was first built in the 4th century CE along the road leading to Mount Olympus. It was expanded in the 5th century CE.

The Hellenistic Theatre at Dion in Macedon with Mount Olympus in the background. The theatre was built into a natural hill during the 3rd century BCE. It underwent several phases of modification during the reign of Philip V (r. 221-179 BCE...

The Dionysus Villa in Dion in Macedonia (Greece) is a sprawling, luxurious private residence dating to the 2nd century CE. The villa complex was originally built with five interconnecting tetrastyle courtyards and atrium gardens. It was modified...

The Polygonal Building in Dion (Greece), located at the intersection of the main cardo and the decumanus (east-west road), is thought to have been a palaestra due to a mosaic depicting wrestlers that was found in one of the rooms.