Irakleia, Elis

Irakleia (, before 1915: Μπρούμα - BroumaName changes of settlements in Greece) is a village in the municipality of Ancient Olympia, Elis, Greece. Irakleia is located 3 km northwest of Pelopio, 6 km southeast of Karatoula, 7 km northwest of Olympia and 15 km northeast of Pyrgos.

Population Year Population 1981 352 1991 343 2001 388 2011 272 2021 276

History Irakleia was named after Heracleia, a town of the ancient Eleans, located about 50 stadia (9 km) from Olympia and near the river Kytheros. It had a spring and a sanctuary of the Ionides: the nymphs Calliphaea, Synallasia, Pegaea and Iasis. It was believed that the spring water cured all sorts of aches and pains.Pausanias Description of Greece 6.22.7Strabo V

See also List of settlements in Elis

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