APanhellenic sanctuary was a sanctuary, shrine or place of worship inAncient Greece, that was open to all Greeks regardless of the city-state it belonged to. These places were often the subject of pilgrimages from all the Greek world.
Normally, a sanctuary or shrine belonged to the city in which territory it was situated. Panhellenic sanctuaries were places of neutrality, and were therefore used as neutral places of political meetings between different Greek city-states, places wherePanhellenic Games were held, and well as places where different Greek powers could keep their treasuries.[1]
Known Panhellenic sanctuaries were:
In the8th century BCE, these sites became popular and were often old sacred sites and buildings given new roles to match the politics of the age.[2]
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