On Koraki hill, a possible acropolis of the ancient city of Karpathos, extensive remains of a castle from the era of the Kornaris are preserved. At the fine site of Pini, near Bolada, there may have been an outdoor sanctuary of Apollo, as is inferred from an inscription ("Doric resolution") found in
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Arkasa was one of the four municipalities of the classical and later times. The lifetime of the settlement cannot be determined because there is no evidence from excavation data. The archaeological site of Arkasa consists of the Acropolis of Palaiokastro with visible remains of fortifications from
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The ruins of the ancient city extend on a rocky elongated promontory, at the end of which is the cavernous church of Agios Ioannis. A section of the fortified precinct of isostructural masonry (4th century BC) is preserved at a great height, also chamber-shaped carved tombs and near the path that
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The third largest island of the Dodecanese. The cemeteries of chambered tombs (Arkasa, Pigadia) show Minoan and then Mycenaean influence on the island (14th - 12th centuries BC). The most important city of Karpathos (known as the capital) is located above the bay of Pigadia where a fortified
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The ancient Potidaion or Poseidion, as the geographer Claudius Ptolemy called it in Roman times, was located in the current capital of the island of Karpathos, at the mouth of the bay of Pigadia. During Hellenistic times it was the port of the city of Karpathos to which it belonged as an appendage
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The Roman tank, one of the best preserved monuments of Karpathos, is located in Lefko on the southwest coast of the island. The area, although it has not been systematically researched, is of special archaeological interest and preserves antiquities from all historical periods. The underground tank
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Traces of habitation on the island have been found since the Late Neolithic Age (4000-3000 BC) and the Early/Middle Bronze Age (2300-2000 BC). The acropolis on the Kastelo hill, south of the Gulf of Palatia, is connected to the Saro of historical times, where the remains of a fortification on the
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Traces of habitation on the island have been found since the Late Neolithic Age (4000-3000 BC) and the Early/Middle Bronze Age (2300-2000 BC). The acropolis on the Kastelo hill, south of the Gulf of Palatia, is connected to the Saro of historical times, where the remains of a fortification on the
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Acropolis of ancient Posidei (Pigadia): It was probably built on rocky ground. Minoan and Mycenaean carved tombs were found in the port of Pigadia. Perhaps it was also an acropolis during Mycenaean times. Sanctuary of Demeter (Pigadia, Istia): Ruins of an outdoor sanctuary, perhaps of the goddess
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