Delos, an ancient ruin site, is one of the most popular Cyclades group and is 6 km away from Mykonos. According to legend, on Delos Artemis and Apollo, the god of light, wisdom and poetry are said to have been born. Since then, the island is considered sacred and is now uninhabited.
Small boats connect Delos with the nearby Mykonos, but also with other Cyclades Islands.
Bilder zum Hafen Delos, Cyclades / Greece
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From the port, a boulevard leads to the sanctuary of Apollo, in the northwest there was the small Artemis sanctuary, further to the north was the district of the holy lake was with the world-famous Lion Street (a gift of the Naxians), five of the lions can still be seen today.
In some buildings on Delos beautiful mosaic depictions of Dionysos were exposed.In the museum on Delos, the most important collection of archaic works is shown, also sculptures and vases of classical, Hellenistic and Roman times, the Apollo sanctuary with the remains of a monumental gate system, the "House of Naxians" , a gift from the citizens of Naxos to the god Apollo and well-preserved ruins of several houses.
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