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For ancient pilgrims, Delphi’s first stop was the Sanctuary of Athena Pronea, now set just below the road 800m east of the Sanctuary of Apollo . This lovely spot is best known as home to the superbly photogenic Tholos , a graceful circular structure of unknown purpose that dates from the 4th century BC. Three of the 20 columns that stood on its three-stepped podium were re-erected in the 1940s; the white portions are original marble, the darker are new. Fragments of the Tholos are on display in room 10 of the Delphi Archaeological Museum . Immediately west, only the foundations now survive of the Temple of Athena Pronea itself.
