Δῆλος

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UNESCO World Heritage Site archaeological site island sacred place

Δῆλος is the ancient Greek sacred island in the Aegean traditionally revered as the birthplace of Apollo and Artemis and an important religious and commercial center in antiquity.

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Δήλος 2
Δῆλος canonical 1

Statements (63)

Predicate Object
instanceOf UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ
archaeological site ⓘ
island ⓘ
sacred place ⓘ
accessibleFrom Μύκονος by boat ⓘ
area approximately 3.4 square kilometres ⓘ
associatedWith Delian League ⓘ
controlledBy Athens in Classical period ⓘ
country Greece ⓘ
excavatedBy French School at Athens ⓘ
excavationsBegan 1873 ⓘ
functionedAs treasury of the Delian League ⓘ
governedBy Ephorates of Antiquities in Greece ⓘ
surface form: Ephorate of Antiquities of Cyclades
hasFeature Agora of the Italians ⓘ
Sacred Lake ⓘ
Stoas ⓘ
Temple of Apollo ⓘ
Temple of the Delians ⓘ
Terrace of the Lions ⓘ
harbour installations ⓘ
inscriptions ⓘ
mosaics ⓘ
residential quarters ⓘ
stadium ⓘ
theatre ⓘ
hasSanctuaryOf Apollo ⓘ
Artemis ⓘ
Dionysus ⓘ
Hera ⓘ
Isis ⓘ
Leto ⓘ
Serapis ⓘ
heritageDesignation archaeological site of national significance in Greece ⓘ
highestElevation approximately 113 metres ⓘ
highestPoint Mount Kynthos ⓘ
inhabited no permanent population ⓘ
knownFor important commercial and trading hub in antiquity ⓘ
religious center of the ancient Greek world ⓘ
length about 5 kilometres ⓘ
locatedIn Aegean Sea ⓘ
Cyclades ⓘ
majorPeriodOfFlourishing 2nd century BCE ⓘ
Hellenistic period ⓘ
mythologicalAssociation floating island anchored by Zeus ⓘ
mythologicalEvent birth of Apollo ⓘ
birth of Artemis ⓘ
nameInAncientGreek Δῆλος ⓘ
nameInEnglish Delos ⓘ
nameInLatin Delos ⓘ
near Μύκονος ⓘ
partOf South Aegean ⓘ
surface form: South Aegean region
reveredAs birthplace of Apollo ⓘ
birthplace of Artemis ⓘ
sacredTo Apollo ⓘ
Artemis ⓘ
Leto ⓘ
Zeus ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageCriteria (ii) ⓘ
(iii) ⓘ
(iv) ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageSince 1990 ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageSiteId 530 ⓘ
width about 1.3 kilometres ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Delos → ancientName → Δῆλος ⓘ
Λητώ → associatedWith → Δῆλος ⓘ
this entity surface form: Δήλος
Λητώ → cultCenter → Δῆλος ⓘ
this entity surface form: Δήλος