Megarian Treasury, Delphi

The Megarian Treasury was a building situated within the sanctuary of Apollo in Delphi, to the north of the Siphnian Treasury along the Sacred Way [1]. On its façade have been inscribed 26 inscriptions referring to the citizens of Megara, a fact which led to the secure identification of the monument [1]. The building consists of two parts [1]. The earlier phase dates to the end of the 6th or the beginning of the 5th century BC [1]. It was a building of the Doric order, made of porous stone, possibly distyle in antis [1]. The building had a vestibule 2 meters long and a cella of 5 meters [1]. Parts of the foundation were maintained, but at a later stage, possibly in the 5th or in the beginning of the 4th century BC, there was erected a second building of a trapezoid plan [1].