Following the official go-ahead given on Wednesday by Greece’s Central Archaeological Council (KAS), the ancient Olympia site will soon acquire a Botanical Garden.
The “Olympic Botanical Garden” will be planted on a twenty-five acre expanse between the northern and northwestern slopes of Cronus Hill (Kronion), between the ancient site’s Archaeological Museum and the hill, which is above the site.
The Botanical Garden will display plants of the native area such as olive trees, almond trees pines, arbutus, plane trees, cypress trees and walnut trees. The Garden will also contain numerous aromatic and medicinal herbs like instance lavender, myrtle, mint and rosemary.
The cost is estimated at 150,000 euros. The Municipality of Munich in Germany will offer assistance to this huge project. The Garden will be used mainly for educational purposes. It will be a great opportunity to learn about local plants and their history. Each and every plant will have a sign containing its scientific and everyday name in Greek, Latin and English. Historical information will also be offered.
It is believed that the Botanical Garden will attract numerous visitors to the archaelogical location. Olympia is famous around the world for the Ancient Olympic Games.
( source : ana-mpa)
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