Tholos of Delphi - ancient structures of the Sanctuary of Athena Pronaia in Delphi, circular temple, 7th century BC, Greek Greece,

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The Tholos temple, Sanctuary of Athena Pronaia, Delphi, Greece One hundred miles northwest of Athens, soaring high above the Gulf of Corinth, stands the holy mountain called Parnassus. Nestled amidst the pine forested slopes and rocky crags of the sacred peak are the beautiful and exceptionally well-preserved ruins of Delphi. A city of wondrous artistic achievements and grand athletic spectacles during the flowering of Greek culture in the first millennium BC, Delphi is best known, however, as the supreme oracle site of the ancient Mediterranean world. Greece Greek Grecian Mediterranean

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Location: Delphi
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