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Road:- Sacred Way at Delphi: The Sacred Way snakes up the side of the mountain and leads to the temple of Apollo.
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Structures:- Sanctuary of Athena Pronoia: The sanctuary of Athena Pronoia lies just to the East and below the sanctuary of Apollo. It includes 2 temples, 2 treasuries and the unusual round tholos building.
- Temple of Apollo at Delphi: The temple of Apollo dominates the Delphic sanctuary. Evidence survives for three temples built on the same site. The first temple was destroyed by a fire in 548/7, the second by an earthquake.
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- Theater at Delphi: The theatre facing the valley below was built in the Hellenistic period.
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Paus. 10.32 - Treasuries at Delphi: A number of treasuries erected by individual city-states line the Sacred Way (the Siphnian, Sikyonian, and Athenian treasuries are the most famous).
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Paus. 10.11 Image:
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