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Mount Olympos

Olympian Gods' Home


Mount Olympus, perfecture of Pieria and Larissa

The Highest Mountain in Greece. Home of the ancient gods.


Mount Olympus doe not belong to any mountain geange in Greece. It is believed to be a tectonic window of the geotectonic belt of Gavrovo-Tripoli. The mountain's rocks are mainly limestones deposited during the Mesozoic Era (Triassic, Jurassic and Cretaceous) almost 200 million years ago.



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