9/14/2026
Weekly Weird News · urban-legends

Gods of Olympus of La Ribota Park in AlcorcĂłn, Spain

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Gods of Olympus of La Ribota Park in AlcorcĂłn, Spain
You don’t normally expect to encounter the gods of Olympus while strolling through a suburban park outside Madrid. But Alcorcón, a city better known for apartment blocks and shopping centers than classical mythology, has quietly created its own version of Mount Olympus—and it comes complete with a solar system.  La Ribota Park, on the southern edge of the city, is an unassuming place: a pleasant patch of greenery where locals come to walk, relax, and escape the surrounding urban landscape. Yet
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