Civilization - kos - dodecanese, greece

A visitor who approaches Ko by ship is impressed from the first moment as he or she contacts with the glorious past of Ko. The today inhabitants found their economical pursuit in tourism that was developed in a wonderful way the last years.This social change that happened the last years to the island and it is directly connected with Kos development which has its historical deposit that explains the change of Ko in her social and economical structure from agricultural to touristic place. Today due to Kos beauties and her historic past is located among the first national touristic regions of Greece.

The point that impresses the visitor of the island who has met the island before the tourist elevations there are some things that gave a unique color to the view’s life and these are rare nowadays.The architecture presence of the island isn’t untouched from the touristic development and after the creation of many hotels.

The visitor of the island doesn’t care only for the past. He or she cares for the present too. A present that offers all the comforts and gives to the visitor the change to enjoy the natural beauties of the island and communicate with the village’s people. In today Ko, everyone can live as he wants, everyone is able to enjoy the wonderful sandy beaches and from the island’s port big or small ships are giving the opportunity to everybody for short voyages in neighboring islands.

Ancient places

Eleuferia’s square: This square is near the port and there are a lot of shops, markets, the museum, and the Ntefterntar pane. Around Eleuferia’s square there are back streets where you can have wonderful hours even if you don’t have to buy.

The museum: the building of the museum has an anteroom peristyle and three rooms to the basement. To Kos archeological museum are exhibits of excavations. To the archeological museum someone can see: The great Alexander’s head, Traino’s head, statues of Goodness Artemis and some other.

Ancient times to the west sides: Many monuments have been saved in good condition to the west sides, because they have been remained unimpaired. The most impressive are: the Greek high school with its famous street east of the scrape street. It is restored a peristyle room of Corinthian rhythm which it operated in Roman years the convenience of Thermon. Remarkable is the hook’s mosaic of Europe. To the same building there have been found statues which are located to the archeological museum in Ko.

The numfaio, creation of the third century before Christ’s born the musical academy is preservable in a satisfying condition, the Roman house, the temple of Dionese the fervor of the port and the absolution of the ancient stadium.

The central girdle of excavations. To the east side of that region there have been found small brased statues of Isido, Afrodete, Aris and Dimitras. To the south of Agias Paraskevi’s church of the city there have been uncovered Roman buildings with rooms full of mosaics and other decorated graphics. Some wonderful mosaics that have been exposed the same period have been transformed from cavaliers in Rhopes, and have been used for the palace’s decoration of the great Magistrou.

The castle: impressive building of the island is cavalier’s castle. The cavaliers came to Ko to the middle of the 14th century. They immediately understood the great meaning of a fort for the city’s protection and for the entire island. Today the castle is built in two main groups an internal and an external. The main entrance is located to the plane tree’s side.

It has three tap arch bridges, a narrow pass and a moving gate-bridge. The impressive castle’s view of Kos cavaliers, everyone can admire if he walks to the west side of the castle’s external and the impressive tower is the semicircular of Ntel Kareto that it is located to the south-west edge of the external group.

The castle