Fig. 1 Reconstructed View of the Sanctuary of Olympia in 3DCG 
approximatly 600 m from east to west and 300 m from north to 
south at the south foot of Kronos Hill. There had been built 
more than 60 buildings in the sanctuary from the Archaic to 
Hellenistic periods. 
In the Archaic period, there were the Temple of Hera (ca. 600 
B.C.) which was the main building, some 10 treasuries (6^ 
century B.C.) dedicated by the cities like Cyrene, Gela, Sycion, 
etc. They were arranged almost in a row at the south foot of 
Knonos Hill. There was also the Bouleuterion (ca. 500 B.C.) 
100 m away from them toward south. The archaic stadium 
might have been located right to the south of these treasurries, 
though its exact place is unknown. 
In the classical period, the appearance of the sanctuary changed 
greatly following its development and the erection of many 
buildings. The main building of the classical period was the 
Temple of Zeus (472-457 B.C.) which was built to the south of 
the Heraion in parallel. To the east of the temple, the Echo Hall 
(second half of 4" century B.C.) was erected to outline the east 
edge of the sanctuary. The new stadium(the beginning of 4 
century B.C.) with a race course and a bank for spectators was 
built beyond the Echo Hall to the east. The Leonidaion or guest 
house for athletes and others was also built in this period 
(second half of 4" century B.C.) outside the sanctuary itself to 
the southwest. There were built some other buildings in and 
around the sanctuary. 
In the Hellenistic period, there were built the Palaestra (4^ 
century B.C.)and Gymnasium (2™ century B.C.) outside to the 
northwest of the sanctuary. The western part of the Gymnasion 
was demolished by flood of the Kladeos. 
3. DYNAMIC ANALYSIS OF LANDSCAPE 
3.1 Views of Archaic and Classical sanctuaries 
The view of the Archaic site was quite different from the later 
one. The main building of this period was the Temple of Hera 
and the treasuries were arranged in a row in front of the temple 
at the foot of the Kronos Hill. The landscape of this linear 
planning was very simple. In the fifth century, the view of the 
site changed quite extensive because the grandiose Temple of 
Zeus was erected in the middle between the Heraion and the 
Bouleuteion. The temple became the main and attracting 
building of the sanctuary. In this article, we show 3D 
reconstruction of the Classical and Hellenistic periods. 
3.2 Views of the Classical and Hellenistic sanctuary 
1) Scene 1: Entrance to the Sanctuary 
We stand a little north from the Propylon to the Gymnasion on 
the northwest corner of the sanctuary. On the right hand side, 
we can see the simple back wall of the gymnasion. On the left 
side beyond the temenos wall we see the round roof of the 
Philippeion which was built by a f Macedonian king, and the 
roof of the Temple of Zeus. (Fig.2) 
2) Scene 2: View of the temple of Zeus from the entrance 
on the southwest corner 
To enter the sanctuary, we have to go down to the south along 
the temenos wall on the west and turn toward the east, then 
reach the official entrance in front of the the Bouleuterion with 
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