Sanctuary of Apollo

Stand before the Sanctuary of Apollo in ancient Corinth and you meet one of the great survivors of Archaic Greece. This temple, raised around 540 B.C., was the second dedicated to Apollo at this important religious site, and its reconstructed columns still convey the confidence of early Greek temple building. Across the centuries the sanctuary passed through Archaic, Classical, Hellenistic, Roman and Late Antique phases, each leaving its layer in the stone. For a traveler in the Corinthia, it offers a tangible connection to the sacred landscape that shaped one of antiquity's busiest cities.