Delphi
The Stoa of the Athenians is an ancient portico in the Delphic Sanctuary, Greece, located south of the Temple of Apollo. The southern side of the polygonal wall of the platform forms the north wall of the stoa.Photo: Yair-haklai, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Archaeological site
- Description: monumental structure at Delphi
- Also known as: “Athenian portico” and “Stoa of the Athenians”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Delphi and Delphic Sibyl.
Delphi
Photo: Inkey, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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
Photo: Inkey, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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.
Temple of Apollo
Ruins
Photo: Helen Simonsson, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Temple of Apollo, also known as Apollonion, was a major part of the Panhellenic religious sanctuary located in Central Greece at Delphi. The temple and sanctuary at large were dedicated to one of the major Greek deities, Apollo, the god of archery, music, light, prophecy, the arts, and healing.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Chrisso and Arachova.
Chrisso
Village
Photo: Costas78, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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. Chrisso is situated 3 km west of Delphi.
Arachova
Village
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Arachova is a mountain town and a former municipality in the western part of Boeotia. Since the 2011 local government reform it is a municipal unit, part of the municipality Distomo-Arachova-Antikyra. Arachova is situated 7 km east of Delphi.
Kirra
Village
Photo: Schuppi, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Kirra is a village in Phocis, Central Greece. It is part of the municipal unit of Itea, to which it is adjacent. Kirra is the point where the Pleistos river meets the Gulf of Iteas, a bay of the Gulf of Corinth. Kirra is situated 8 km southwest of Delphi.
Delphi
- Categories: stoa, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Delphi, Phocis, Central Greece, Greece, Balkans, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Finnish to Spanish—“Delphi” goes by many names.
- Finnish: “Ateenalaisten stoa”
- French: “Delphes”
- French: “Portique des Athéniens”
- French: “stoa des Athéniens”
- German: “Säulenhalle der Athener”
- Greek: “Delfoí”
- Greek: “Δελφοί”
- Greek: “Στοά Αθηναίων, Δελφοί”
- Greek: “Στοά των Αθηναίων”
- Italian: “Stoà degli Ateniesi”
- Italian: “Stoà di Atene”
- Polish: “Stoa Ateńczyków”
- Spanish: “Estoa de los atenienses”
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