Delphi, the city of Temples and the Oracle
Delphi is an ancient Greek city, known for its archaeological sites and the important role played for centuries as the site of the Oracle of Delphi, a temple dedicated to the Greek god Apollo. Now Delphi has become a tourist city.
Delphi is a city full of history. The city is full of temples dedicated to Greek gods of classical times, with hundreds of archaeologists working on the foundations of the city thousands of years ago.
The city, now a World Heritage Site by UNESCO for their discovery and importance of the culture of ancient Greece, is one of the cities with the best views in the country, about 188 kilometers from Athens. The temple of Apollo is undoubtedly the most important temple both historically and culturally in the city. They say it was the same god Zeus decided to put the temple on the site. This temple was formerly the most important and certainly majestic temple of his time in the region, while chairing the view from his mountain. Here came the oracles and prophets to consult the priestess status issues.
Mount Parnassus, where now the temple of Apollo and the Oracle is full of tourists who want to discover the magic that is felt and lived here for hundreds of years. During that time, thousands of people came to this site for slaughtering animals and ask the elder questions varied, and many of the valuable gifts have been conserved until today.
In the territory of Mount Parnassus can still find the stadium where the Pythian Games were celebrated, some sports games are held every four years, and this stage is considered the best preserved of the entire country. Nearby is the ancient theater, where he represented the works of the time, and the Omphalos, a monument near the oracle that Zeus himself considered to be the center, the navel of the world.
At the foot of Mount Parnassus is the great Archaeological Museum of Delphi, a unique collection of objects recovered by archaeologists. The collection includes some of the stone tablets that were used to write requests to the Oracle, and thousands of jewelry and valuables that were donated to the temple for thousands of years.
