Treasury of the Sikyonians

The Treasury of the Sicyonians is one of the buildings within the sanctuary of Apollo in Delphi. It has a long and complicated history. The treasury itself replaced two former buildings, namely the tholos and the monopteros, built by the same city at an earlier stage within the 6th century.

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Type: Ruins
Description: religious dedication at Delphi
Also known as: “Sicyonian Treasury”, “Sicyonian Treasury at Delphi”, “Treasury of Sikyonians”, “Treasury of the Sicyonians”, and “Treasury of the Sicyonians at Delphi”

Places of Interest Nearby

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.

Siphnian Treasury

Ruins

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The Siphnian Treasury was a building at the Ancient Greek cult center of Delphi, erected to host the offerings of the polis, or city-state, of Siphnos.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Chrisso and Arachova.

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. Chrisso is situated 3 km west of Treasury of the Sikyonians.

Arachova

Village

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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 Treasury of the Sikyonians.

Desfina

Village

Desfina is a town and a former municipality in the southern part of Phocis, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Delphi, of which it is a municipal unit. Desfina is situated 8 km south of Treasury of the Sikyonians.

Treasury of the Sikyonians

Categories: treasury (ancient Greece), building, and historic site
Location: Delphi, Phocis, Central Greece, Greece, Balkans, Europe
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Latitude

38.48165° or 38° 28′ 54″ north

Longitude

22.50167° or 22° 30′ 6″ east

Open location code

8GC4FGJ2+MM

OpenStreetMap ID

way 145690082

OpenStreetMap feature

building=yes

OpenStreetMap feature

historic=ruins

Wikidata ID

Q22810175

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In Other Languages

From Czech to Spanish—“Treasury of the Sikyonians” goes by many names.

Czech: “Sikyonská klenotnice v Delfách”
Czech: “Sikyónská klenotnice v Delfách”
Finnish: “Sikyonilaisten aarrekammio”
French: “trésor de Sicyone”
French: “Trésor de Sicyone”
French: “trésor des Sicyoniens à Delphes”
German: “Schatzhaus der Sikyonier”
German: “Schatzhaus von Sikyon”
Greek: “Θησαυρός των Σικυωνίων (Δελφοί)”
Greek: “Θησαυρός των Σικυωνίων”
Greek: “Σικυώνιος θησαυρός”
Italian: “Tesoro di Sicione”
Polish: “Skarbiec Sykiończyków”
Spanish: “Tesoro de los sicionios”
Spanish: “Tesoro de Sición”

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