Delphi
Delphi is a town in Phocis, Greece, situated immediately west of the archaeological site of the same name. It was created as a home for the population of Kastri, which was relocated to allow for the excavation of the site of ancient Delphi.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Places of Interest
Highlights include Delphi and Delphic Sibyl.
Delphi
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The archaeological site of Delphi is a UNESCO World Heritage site near the modern village of the same name in West Central Greece, on the southwestern slope of Mount Parnassus, which is part of a mountain range north of the gulf of Corinth.
Delphic Sibyl
Historic site
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Pythia was the title of the high priestess of the Temple of Apollo at Delphi in central Greece. She served as its oracle and was known as the Oracle of Delphi.
Delphi Museum
Museum
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Delphi Archaeological museum is one of the principal museums of Greece and one of the most visited. It is operated by the Greek Ministry of Culture. Founded in 1903, it has been rearranged several times and houses the discoveries made at the Panhellenic sanctuary of Delphi, which date from the Late Helladic period to the early Byzantine era.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Chrisso.
Chrisso
Village
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Chrisso is a village in Phocis, Greece. The modern village sits north of the ancient town of Crissa, a powerful city-state of ancient Greece which gave its name to the Crissaean plain and the Crissaean Gulf and lies in the southwestern foothills of Mount Parnassus.
Delphi
- Type: Village with 2,370 residents
- Description: modern village in Greece
- Category: locality
- Location: Phocis, Central Greece, Greece, Balkans, Europe
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Latitude
38.4797° or 38° 28′ 47″ northLongitude
22.494° or 22° 29′ 39″ eastPopulation
2,370Elevation
604 metres (1,982 feet)Open location code
8GC4FFHV+VJOpenStreetMap ID
node 301015385OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
8133744Wikidata ID
Q954068
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In Other Languages
From Armenian to Ukrainian—“Delphi” goes by many names.
- Armenian: “Դելփիք”
- Azerbaijani: “Delfi (Fokida)”
- Azerbaijani: “Delfi”
- Cebuano: “Delphi lungsod”
- Cebuano: “Delphi”
- Chinese: “德尔斐”
- Czech: “Delfy”
- Dutch: “Delfi”
- Dutch: “Delphi”
- Egyptian Arabic: “ديلفى”
- French: “Delfí”
- French: “Delphes”
- German: “Delfi”
- German: “Delphi”
- Greek: “Δελφοί Φωκίδας”
- Greek: “Δελφοί”
- Greek: “Δελφών”
- Ido: “Delfi (Fokida)”
- Ido: “Delfi”
- Italian: “Delfi”
- Lithuanian: “Delfai”
- Russian: “Дельфы”
- Spanish: “Delfos”
- Ukrainian: “Дельфи”
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