Delphi Modern Town

Delphi Town today is a typical tourist destination. It offers a satisfactory level of accommodation and an architectural surrounding with both modern and traditional buildings. It is noteworthy that the whole of this town is new, as the historical Delphi village had to be transferred from its original location before excavations could begin, since it was built right on top of the archaeological site. It is inhabited by some 2500 permanent residents, but in the summer the numbers tend to grow. The site and the museum are rather extensive, and you must plan to spend at least one full day in order to enjoy your visit. Photos are unable to convey the awe that the location creates in the soul of the visitor. However, since a photo is the next best thing to actually being there, we have compiled an album for you to enjoy discovering “the tip of the iceberg.”
(Photos: Michael Tziotis)

Delphi Vertical Street The town's road system consists of one main street parallel to the slope forking into two one-way streets and some vertical ones, going wildly downhill. Some more parallel short streets are opened where ever the landscape permits it.	Delphi Municipal Library
Delphi Narrow Side Streets Narrow streets with tiny side streets with yellow lines and flower pots trying to keep away cars from parking right in the entrance of hotels or other shops!	Delphi: Traditional and Modern Houses along the Main Street On the other side of them, the gorge opens up its precipitous side, several hundreds of meters down!
Delphi: The Municipality Building	Delphi: Another One of Those Vertical Streets So steep that only stairs can bring us up or down.
Delphi: An Old Traditional building	Delphi: Same One from the Opposite Direction At the fork mentioned above. Cars to Itea are directed to the street on the right, and coming traffic goes through the street seen to the left
Another Traditional Building in Delphi	Delphi: Still Another One
Delphi: Elementary School Building with Greek numbering symbols on the façade From A=1 to Ψ=700, all in array for Greek students to learn the ancient Greek numbering by heart	Delphi: Elementary School Building with Greek numbering symbols on the façade Another picture which includes the missing, in the previous photo, two last symbols. Ancient Greek numbering used the 24 greek letters plus another three, today not used any longer: Stigma (or Digamma), Koppa and Sampi (or Sampsi). How these letters looked like is shown in the next photo.
Extinct Greek Letters: Stigma, Koppa, Sampi. Ancient Greek numbering used the 24 letters of the Greek Alphabet plus another three, today not used any longer: Stigma (or Digamma), Koppa and Sampi (or Sampsi). Their respective values were 6, 90 and 900	Delphi Cathedral: Aghios Nikolaos Church
Delphi Cathedral: Aghios Nikolaos Mosaic Icon Above the Entrance Gate	Delphi Cathedral: Aghios Nikolaos Exterior Sculpted Marble Decoration
Delphi Cathedral: Aghios Nikolaos Belfry and Decoration	Delphi: Aghios Nikolaos Church Interior with Cupola
Delphi: Aghios Nikolaos Church Interior with Christ Resurrected Fresco	Delphi: View Over the River Pleistos Olive Tree Carpeted Valley Part of Itea Town visible by the sea
Delphi: Another View Over the River Pleistos Olive Tree Carpeted Valley Part of Itea Town visible by the sea	Delphi: Yet Another View Over the River Pleistos Olive Tree Carpeted Valley
Delphi: Information Sign on Mountaineering Paths in the Vicinity of the Oracle