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==Buildings and structures==
==Buildings and structures==
[[Image:Santuario_de_Apolo_Pitio.gif.|thumb|left|Site plan of the Sanctuary of Apollo, Delphi]]
[[Image:Santuario_de_Apolo_Pitio.gif|left|Site plan of the Sanctuary of Apollo, Delphi]]
Occupation of the site at Delphi can be traced back to the Neolithic period with extensive occupation and use beginning in the Mycenaean period (1600-1100 B.C). Most of the ruins that survive today date from the most intense period of activity at the site in the [[6th century BC]].<ref name"a">[http://www.ancient-greece.org/archaeology/delphi-archaeology.html Delphi Archaeological Site], Ancient-Greece.org</ref>
Occupation of the site at Delphi can be traced back to the Neolithic period with extensive occupation and use beginning in the Mycenaean period (1600-1100 B.C). Most of the ruins that survive today date from the most intense period of activity at the site in the [[6th century BC]].<ref name"a">[http://www.ancient-greece.org/archaeology/delphi-archaeology.html Delphi Archaeological Site], Ancient-Greece.org</ref>
===Castalian spring===
===Castalian spring===
The sacred spring of Delphi lies in the ravine of the Phaedriades. The preserved remains of two monumental fountains that received the water from the spring date to the [[Archaic period in Greece|Archaic]] period and the [[Ancient Rome|Roman]], with the later cut into the rock.
The sacred spring of Delphi lies in the ravine of the Phaedriades. The preserved remains of two monumental fountains that received the water from the spring date to the [[Archaic period in Greece|Archaic]] period and the [[Ancient Rome|Roman]], with the later cut into the rock.
