Temple ruins
Almost as soon as you enter the protected area you see columns from ancient temples. The Oracle at Delphi was the main attraction. The Oracle was the Miss Cleo of Ancient Greece. The Oracle predicted the future in strange, very vague riddles that could be interpreted in a number of ways. That way if the Oracle was wrong he could say the listener misinterpreted.
Since the Oracle was the big drawing card a virtual city full of religious temples, vaults and stores were built on the road leading up to the Oracle's location.
Greece achieved its independence from the Ottoman Empire in 1829. During the second half of the 19th century and the first half of the 20th century, it gradually added neighboring islands and territories, most with Greek-speaking populations. In Worl... ... read more 
