In the northwestern part of the Peloponnesian peninsula, one of the most important Panhellenic sanctuaries of Greece is located: the Sanctuary of Olympia. Formerly encircled by a large temenos, the Altis, in which Altar of Zeus and Pelopion, the cult of the hero Pelops, existed, this sacred area, in later periods, obtained many buildings activities which were crowned by the completion of the Temple of Zeus.[1]The construction process of the temple began in 470 BC[2]and completed in 456 BC[3]; built with the Doric order, it was the offering of Elis, a nearby city-state which defeated Pisa before deciding to build the temple. The only ancient source about the temple, Pausanias relates that the temple was paid of the spoils of the war, and its architect was Libon of Elis:

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