UNESCO World Heritage Site of Delphi

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ancient Greek sanctuary archaeological site

The UNESCO World Heritage Site of Delphi is an ancient Greek archaeological complex on the slopes of Mount Parnassus, renowned as the legendary seat of the oracle of Apollo and a major religious and cultural center of the classical world.

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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form	Occurrences
Archaeological Site of Delphi	1
Archaeological site of Delphi	1
UNESCO World Heritage Site (as part of Delphi)	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	ancient Greek sanctuary ⓘ archaeological site ⓘ
associatedWithEvent	Pythian Games NERFINISHED ⓘ
associatedWithMyth	Omphalos of the world NERFINISHED ⓘ Zeus releasing two eagles from the ends of the world ⓘ
associatedWithPeople	Croesus of Lydia NERFINISHED ⓘ Plutarch NERFINISHED ⓘ Pythagoras NERFINISHED ⓘ Themistocles NERFINISHED ⓘ
country	Greece ⓘ
declineBeganInCentury	4th century CE ⓘ
hasCulturalSignificance	center for consultation of city-states and individuals ⓘ major religious center of the ancient Greek world ⓘ
hasElevation	approximately 570–650 metres above sea level ⓘ
hasMainDeity	Apollo NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasMuseum	Archaeological Museum of Delphi NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasOracle	Oracle of Apollo NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasPriestessTitle	Pythia NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasStructure	Castalian Spring NERFINISHED ⓘ Gymnasium of Delphi NERFINISHED ⓘ Polygonal Wall NERFINISHED ⓘ Sacred Way NERFINISHED ⓘ Stadium of Delphi NERFINISHED ⓘ Stoa of the Athenians NERFINISHED ⓘ Temple of Apollo NERFINISHED ⓘ Theatre of Delphi NERFINISHED ⓘ Tholos of Delphi NERFINISHED ⓘ Treasury of the Athenians NERFINISHED ⓘ
heritageId	UNESCO World Heritage Site no. 393 NERFINISHED ⓘ
inscribedBy	UNESCO NERFINISHED ⓘ
knownFor	Delphic maxims NERFINISHED ⓘ Panhellenic sanctuary NERFINISHED ⓘ ancient Greek religious center ⓘ oracle ⓘ sanctuary of Apollo NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedIn	Central Greece NERFINISHED ⓘ Mount Parnassus NERFINISHED ⓘ Phocis NERFINISHED ⓘ
nearestTown	Delphi NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf	ancient Greek world ⓘ
periodOfFlourishing	Archaic period ⓘ Classical period ⓘ
tourismAttraction	major archaeological tourism site in Greece ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageCategory	Cultural ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageCriteria	Cultural (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (vi) ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageRegion	Europe and North America NERFINISHED ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageSiteSince	1987 ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

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

Delphi stadium → heritageDesignation → UNESCO World Heritage Site of Delphi ⓘ

this entity surface form: UNESCO World Heritage Site (as part of Delphi)

Altar of the Chians → isPartOfArchaeologicalSite → UNESCO World Heritage Site of Delphi ⓘ

this entity surface form: Archaeological site of Delphi

Sanctuary of Athena Pronaia → partOf → UNESCO World Heritage Site of Delphi ⓘ

Temple of Apollo at Delphi → partOfUNESCOSite → UNESCO World Heritage Site of Delphi ⓘ

this entity surface form: Archaeological Site of Delphi