Delos

World Heritage

Greece

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According to Greek mythology, Apollo was born on this small island in the Cyclades. Apollo's sanctuary attracted pilgrims from all over Greece, and Delos was a prosperous trading port. The island preserves traces of subsequent civilizations of the Aegean world from the third millennium BC to the Paleo-Christian era. The archaeological site is unusually vast and rich, conveying the image of a great international Mediterranean port.

# Archaeological sites