Irakleia Ηράκλεια
Community
Irakleia
Coordinates: 37°42′N 21°34′E / 37.700°N 21.567°E / 37.700; 21.567
Country	Greece
Administrative region	West Greece
Regional unit	Elis
Municipality	Archaia Olympia
Municipal unit	Archaia Olympia
Population  (2021)[1]
• Community	276
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)

Irakleia (Greek: Ηράκλεια, before 1915: Μπρούμα - Brouma^[2]) 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

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.^[3][4]