Ionian Treasure of the Massaliotians
The treasury of the Massaliots was situated in the Sanctuary of Athena Pronaia. It looked like a small temple in antis with two columns on the façade; it was constructed of Parian marble and among its remarkable features were its "Aeolian" capitals.Photo: HerrAdams, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Ruins
- Description: sacred building at Delphi
- Also known as: “Treasury of the Massaliots”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Delphi and Tholos of Athena Pronaia.
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.
Tholos of Athena Pronaia
Ruins
The Tholos of Delphi is among the ancient structures of the Sanctuary of Athena Pronaia in Delphi. The circular temple, a tholos, shares the immediate site with other ancient foundations of the Temple of Athena Pronaia, all located less than a mile east of the main ruins at Delphi, in the modern Greek regional unit of Phocis.
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 3½ km west of Ionian Treasure of the Massaliotians.
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 Ionian Treasure of the Massaliotians.
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 7 km south of Ionian Treasure of the Massaliotians.
Ionian Treasure of the Massaliotians
- Categories: treasury (ancient Greece), building, and historic site
- Location: Delphi, Phocis, Central Greece, Greece, Balkans, Europe
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Latitude
38.48013° or 38° 28′ 49″ northLongitude
22.50806° or 22° 30′ 29″ eastOpen location code
8GC4FGJ5+36OpenStreetMap ID
way 145690133OpenStreetMap feature
building=yesOpenStreetMap feature
historic=ruinsWikidata ID
Q22936355
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In Other Languages
From Finnish to Spanish—“Ionian Treasure of the Massaliotians” goes by many names.
- Finnish: “Massalialaisten aarrekammio”
- French: “trésor de Marseille”
- French: “trésor des Massaliotes à Delphes”
- French: “Trésor des Massaliotes à Delphes”
- Greek: “Θησαυρός των Μασσαλιωτών”
- Greek: “Ιωνικός θησαυρός των Μασσαλιωτών”
- Italian: “Tesoro di Massalia (Marsiglia)”
- Italian: “Tesoro di Massalia”
- Spanish: “Tesoro de los masaliotas”
- Spanish: “Tesoro de Masalianos y Romanos”
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