Sacred Sites in Greece

Below is an illustrated index of the sacred sites and religious places in Greece profiled so far on Sacred Destinations, listed in alphabetical order by name. Please note this list is far from comprehensive - many more great sites remain to be added. You can also view these sites on an interactive map.

Featured Sites in Greece Daphni Monastery Attica This 11th-century Byzantine monastery and World Heritage Site is famed for the golden mosaics that cover its walls. Portara Naxos Island, Cyclades This iconic door that leads nowhere is the entrance to an unfinished Temple of Apollo that faces exactly toward Delos, the god's birthplace. It was begun about 530 BC. Sanctuary of Apollo Delphi, Central Greece Home to the famous Oracle of Delphi, this mountain sanctuary was the holiest site in Ancient Greece. It was believed to be the center of the world, marked by the sacred Omphalos stone.

All Sites in Greece (View on Map) Acropolis Museum Athens Agia Sophia Church Thessaloniki Agia Triada Monastery Meteora Agii Apostoli Church Athens Agios Nikolaos Anapafsas Monastery Meteora Agios Stefanos Monastery Meteora Ancient Akrotiri Santorini Ancient Thira Santorini Areopagus (Mars Hill) Athens Byzantine Churches of Naxos Island Naxos Island Byzantine Museum Thessaloniki Cave of the Apocalypse Patmos Corinth Daphni Monastery Attica Delos Cyclades Delphi Museum Delphi Erechtheion Athens Gortyna Crete Great Meteoron Monastery Meteora Jewish History Museum Thessaloniki Knossos Crete Mikrí Mitropolí Athens Mitrópoli (Cathedral) Athens Monastery of St. John Patmos Mount Athos Museum of Prehistoric Thira Santorini Naxos Archaeological Museum Naxos Island Panagia Chalkeon Thessaloniki Panagia Ekatontapyliani Church Paros Panagia Paraportiani Mykonos Panagia Tourliani Monastery Mykonos Parthenon Athens Philippi Macedonia Portara Naxos Island Rotunda (Agios Giorgos) Thessaloniki Roussanou Monastery Meteora Sanctuary of Apollo Delphi Sanctuary of Athena Delphi Temple of Apollo Epicurius Bassae Temple of Athena Nike Athens Temple of Demeter Naxos Island Temple of Hephaestus Athens Temple of Olympian Zeus Athens Temple of Poseidon at Soúnio Soúnio Varlaam Monastery Meteora

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