Sacred Lake of Delos

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archaeological site dry lake religious site

The Sacred Lake of Delos is an ancient, now-dry lake on the island of Delos in Greece, revered in Greek mythology as the birthplace of Apollo and Artemis and central to their cult worship.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf archaeological site ⓘ
dry lake ⓘ
religious site ⓘ
associatedWithDeity Apollo NERFINISHED ⓘ
Artemis NERFINISHED ⓘ
Leto NERFINISHED ⓘ
associatedWithMyth birth of Apollo and Artemis to Leto ⓘ
country Greece ⓘ
cultCenterOf Apollo NERFINISHED ⓘ
Artemis NERFINISHED ⓘ
culturalSphere ancient Greek world ⓘ
dedicatedTo Apollo NERFINISHED ⓘ
Artemis NERFINISHED ⓘ
governedBySanctuaryAuthority Delian sanctuary administration NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasCurrentCondition archaeological remains only ⓘ
hasMythologicalSignificance birthplace of Apollo ⓘ
birthplace of Artemis ⓘ
hasOriginalFunction focal point of Delian cult landscape ⓘ
sacred water basin ⓘ
hasReligion ancient Greek religion ⓘ
heritageDesignation UNESCO World Heritage Site component NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedIn Aegean Sea ⓘ
Cyclades NERFINISHED ⓘ
South Aegean administrative region NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedNear Temple of Apollo on Delos NERFINISHED ⓘ
Terrace of the Lions NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedOn island of Delos NERFINISHED ⓘ
nearbyStructure Naxian Lions (Terrace of the Lions) NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf Sanctuary of Apollo on Delos NERFINISHED ⓘ
archaeological site of Delos ⓘ
periodOfMajorUse Archaic period of ancient Greece ⓘ
Classical period of ancient Greece ⓘ
Hellenistic period ⓘ
shape circular ⓘ
status dry ⓘ
touristAttraction yes ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageSiteCriteria (ii) ⓘ
(iii) ⓘ
(iv) ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageSiteDesignationYear 1990 ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageSitePartOf Delos NERFINISHED ⓘ
usedFor religious ceremonies ⓘ
ritual purification ⓘ
wasDrainedInCentury 19th century ⓘ

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

Delian cult of Apollo → ritualSpace → Sacred Lake of Delos ⓘ
Terrace of the Lions → faces → Sacred Lake of Delos ⓘ
Temple of Apollo → nearbyStructure → Sacred Lake of Delos ⓘ
subject surface form: Temple of Apollo (Delos)