Kastalia is the
famous Delphi spring where the water flows even today in
the deep ravine between
Phaedriades. Played important role in the divinatory
process since Pythia washed hersel there, the
priests and "theopropoi" in order to clean themselves
before they go down in the adyton (sanctum). Today are
saved the ruins of two phases of the spring building,
that collected the water in a rectangular basin and
channelled it afterwards with taps to the pilgrims of
the sanctuary. Next to the road we see the archaic
spring, built in the beginning of 6th cent B.C. , while
50m. more highly we see the spring of the hellenistic
and roman years where the basin and its facade have been
sculptured on the rock.
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