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Editor's Choice

Central Greece houses several of the Mediterranean's most significant archaeological sites. This selection includes the UNESCO-listed Sanctuary of Delphi, once the spiritual center of the Greek world, and the 11th-century Hosios Loukas Monastery, renowned for its Middle Byzantine architecture and gold-ground mosaics. The list also highlights the massive Mycenaean fortifications of Gla and the ruins of ancient city-states like Plataea and Thespiae, which played pivotal roles during the Greco-Persian Wars.

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Archaeological Site of Delphi

This vast archaeological site is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Best known for ruins of the ancient oracle through which Apollo was speaking.

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Osios Loucas Monastery

Hosios Loukas is a historic walled monastery situated near the town of Distomo, in Boeotia, Greece.

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Tripodas Plataion

The stone base of the Serpentine Column, a commemorative monument dedicated to Apollo after the Greek victory at the Battle of Plataea in 479 BC. The original bronze column, featuring three entwined snakes, was later moved to Constantinople.