Home›Ancient Greek Sites›Pilgrimage Status›Pilgrimage attested historically; not continuingBrowse ByPilgrimage attested historically; not continuingThis page groups sacred sites by how active they still are as pilgrimage destinations. Wikipedia notes that Santiago de Compostela "remains a significant pilgrimage site, with around 200,000 pilgrims, both secular and Christian, completing the numerous pilgrimage routes to the cathedral in 2012 alone." Browsing this way lets a visitor tell a heavily visited pilgrimage site apart from one now visited only rarely.FactsLearn MorePilgrimage attested historically; not continuingSourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)FactsOverviewWhat Defines This GroupingWell-attestedSanctuaries rather than congregational buildings. A Greek temple housed the god's image; the cult acted at the altar in the open air outside it, and the sanctuary boundary, not the roof, made the place holy. The group includes the panhellenic sanctuaries, which belonged to no single city and drew the whole Greek world to their oracles and games. 2DirectoryCategoryWell-attestedSacred Sites 1Learn MoreSacred Sites of Ancient Greece This group gathers the sacred sites of ancient Greek religion, the temples, sanctuaries and oracles where the gods were worshipped and consulted. Greek sacred places included panhellenic sanctuaries that drew worshippers from across the Greek world and hosted the great games and oracles. The browser will find the temples of the Olympian gods, the oracular sanctuaries and the sacred precincts of the Greek cities. The entries describe each site's deity, cult and history as a place of a historical religion.Pilgrimage attested historically; not continuingFilter Results7 entriesUNESCO World Heritage StatusAllInscribed on the World Heritage List (5)Not Inscribed (2)Cult Centre OfAllApollo (1)Artemis (1)Demeter (1)Persephone (1)Associated WithAllApollo (2)Artemis (2)Demeter (1)Persephone (1)Zeus (3)Originated InAllGreece (5)Turkey (1)Origin Period Start YearAll-800 (1)-700 (1)Practice StatusAllHistorical; not practised continuously (1)Ruin or archaeological site; the cult has ceased (6)Site TypeAllSacred mountain, hill or peak (1)Sanctuary or oracle complex (5)Temple or temple complex (1)TraditionAllAncient Greek Religion (7)Hellenic Polytheism (Hellenismos) (1)The Eleusinian Mysteries (1)CountryAllGreece (6)Turkey (1)Show ResultsBrowseCompareSelect all 7DelosPilgrimage attested historically; not continuingDelphiPilgrimage attested historically; not continuingDodonaPilgrimage attested historically; not continuingEleusisPilgrimage attested historically; not continuingEphesus and the Temple of ArtemisPilgrimage attested historically; not continuingMount OlympusPilgrimage attested historically; not continuingOlympiaPilgrimage attested historically; not continuingSources1. Divinity Atlas Directory Taxonomy, First Edition Category Treetier 12. Greek Religiontier 1Walter Burkert, Harvard University Press, 1985View the SourceDivinity Atlas Directory Prose, First Edition Category Descriptionstier 1Comments (0)No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.Sign in to join the discussion.Reader Challenges (0)No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.