Sacred Way at Delphi

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ancient processional road archaeological feature religious route

The Sacred Way at Delphi is the ancient processional road that winds through the sanctuary of Apollo, lined with treasuries, monuments, and votive offerings left by Greek city-states and pilgrims visiting the famous oracle.

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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form	Occurrences
Sacred Way	1
Sacred Way of Delphi	1
processional Sacred Way	1

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	ancient processional road ⓘ archaeological feature ⓘ religious route ⓘ
accessibleTo	tourists ⓘ
associatedWith	Oracle of Apollo ⓘ surface form: Delphic oracle Pythian Games ⓘ
country	Greece ⓘ
culturalSignificance	display of Greek city-state prestige ⓘ focus of Panhellenic religious activity ⓘ
currentCondition	archaeological remains ⓘ
dedicatedTo	Apollo ⓘ
function	access route to the Temple of Apollo ⓘ processional route for pilgrims ⓘ route for religious festivals and rituals ⓘ
heritageStatus	part of UNESCO World Heritage Site "Archaeological Site of Delphi" ⓘ
leadsTo	Temple of Apollo at Delphi ⓘ
linedWith	monuments ⓘ statues ⓘ treasuries ⓘ votive offerings ⓘ
locatedIn	central Greece ⓘ surface form: Central Greece Delphi ⓘ Phocis ⓘ Panhellenic sanctuary of Delphi ⓘ surface form: Sanctuary of Apollo at Delphi
managedBy	Hellenic Ministry of Culture ⓘ
material	stone paving ⓘ
near	Polygonal Wall at Delphi ⓘ Temple of Apollo at Delphi ⓘ Theatre of Delphi ⓘ surface form: theater of Delphi
orientation	ascends the slope of Mount Parnassus ⓘ
partOf	Panhellenic sanctuary of Delphi ⓘ
passesBy	Athenian Treasury ⓘ Siphnian Treasury ⓘ surface form: Siphian Treasury Treasury of the Corinthians ⓘ multiple city-state treasuries ⓘ
religion	ancient Greek religion ⓘ
shape	winding path ⓘ
startsNear	sanctuary entrance ⓘ
timePeriod	Archaic Greece ⓘ Classical Greece ⓘ Hellenistic period ⓘ Roman period ⓘ
usedBy	Greek city-states ⓘ individual pilgrims ⓘ theoroi (sacred envoys) ⓘ
usedFor	approaching the Delphic oracle ⓘ

Referenced by (9)

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

Roman Agora of Delphi → adjacentTo → Sacred Way at Delphi ⓘ

this entity surface form: Sacred Way of Delphi

Oracle of Apollo → associatedWithSite → Sacred Way at Delphi ⓘ

subject surface form: Oracle of Apollo at Delphi

Panhellenic sanctuary of Delphi → famousFor → Sacred Way at Delphi ⓘ

this entity surface form: processional Sacred Way

Panhellenic sanctuary of Delphi → hasPart → Sacred Way at Delphi ⓘ

Siphnian Treasury → locatedNear → Sacred Way at Delphi ⓘ

Stoa of the Athenians → locatedNear → Sacred Way at Delphi ⓘ

Treasury of the Athenians → locatedOn → Sacred Way at Delphi ⓘ

Via Sacra → translationOfName → Sacred Way at Delphi ⓘ

this entity surface form: Sacred Way

Sibyl Rock → visibleFrom → Sacred Way at Delphi ⓘ