Doric Treasury

Doric Treasury is a ruins in Delphi, Phocis, Central Greece. Doric Treasury is situated nearby to the ruins Ionian Treasury of the Massaliots, as well as near Archaic temple of Athena.

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Type: Ruins
Description: archaic treasury building on lower temple terrace of Delphi, Greece
Also known as: “Doric treasury”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Delphi and Ionian Treasury of the Massaliots.

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.

Ionian Treasury of the Massaliots

Ruins

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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.

Tholos of Athena Pronaia

Ruins

Photo: Kufoleto, CC BY 3.0.

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

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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 3½ km west of Doric Treasury.

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 Doric Treasury.

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 Doric Treasury.

Doric Treasury

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″ north

Longitude

22.50816° or 22° 30′ 29″ east

Open location code

8GC4FGJ5+37

OpenStreetMap ID

way 145690152

OpenStreetMap feature

building=yes

OpenStreetMap feature

historic=ruins

Wikidata ID

Q105394695

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In Other Languages

From Finnish to Spanish—“Doric Treasury” goes by many names.

Finnish: “Doorilainen aarrekammio”
French: “trésor dorique à Delphes”
French: “Trésor dorique à Delphes”
Greek: “Δωρικός θησαυρός”
Italian: “Tesoro dei dori”
Spanish: “Tesoro Dórico (Delfos)”
Spanish: “Tesoro Dórico”

Notable Places Nearby

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