Remains of Neolithic habitation have been identified in the Harkadio cave. In the Bronze Age (3rd - 2nd millennium BC) Minoan (Lakkas, Garipa) and then Mycenaean (Kastellos) influence on the island is found.

Near the Megalo Chorio, in the N. of the island, there is the most important, probably early, Doric settlement with the acropolis at the top (Castle) and the town of the 4th c. BC on the S. slope of the hill. The houses were supported by impressively tall tower-like towers, while the domestic cistern was dug on the ground floor behind the tower.

The city of Tilos seems to have developed from classical times onwards. Lower than the city, the cemetery was located. In Livadia Bay, ruins of an ancient fortress were found. North of Megalo Chorio, near the church of the Asomatas, early Christian tombs were discovered.

LIST OF MONUMENTS

CASTLE (NEAR THE LIVADIA):
HIGH ROCKS WITH RUINED CHURCH OF SAINT ANNA (15TH CENTURY).
AGRIOSYKIA CASTLE (15TH CENTURY - LIVADIA):
WITH CHURCH RUINS.
THE OLD CASTLE OF LAMBROS, STAVROU (SMALL VILLAGE)
OF ST. STEPHANOS, ROUKKUNI (LIVADIA)
OF MISSARIA (1366 - 1500)
WITH BYZANTINE SETTLEMENT AND A LARGE NUMBER OF CHURCHES. GRAVES (5TH CENTURY BC) AND POTTERY SHELLS WERE LOCATED
IN THE PORT OF AGIOS ANTONIO. SECTIONS OF ANCIENT WALL (MEGALO CHORIO) : HELLENIC AGE NORTH OF THE CHURCH OF TAXIARCHIS. FINDINGS FROM THE MINOAN (MEGALO CHORIO, LAKKIA) AND MYCENAIAN PERIOD (LIVADEIA, KASTELOS). CEMETERY (MEGA VILLAGE):






ON THE SITE OF AN EARLY CHRISTIAN BASILICA. THERE ARE HELLENISTIC ALTARS IN ITS ENVIRONMENT AND ARCHITECTURAL MEMBERS OF THE BASILIC CHURCH OF SAINT CONSTANTINO.
CASTLE - OBSERVATORY (SMALL VILLAGE).
OF THE MASTER THE WATER (GERA) :
SOURCE & SETTLEMENT MENTIONED IN DOCUMENTS AND PORCELAINS OF 1500.
SMALL VILLAGE :
ABANDONED VILLAGE, ORGANIZED INTO A SETTLEMENT BY THE KNIGHTS (15TH CENTURY) WITH BEAUTIFUL LAYOUT AND AMPHITHEATRICAL VIEW. IT HAD 750 INHABITANTS IN THE 1930'S, BUT IT IS NOW A GHOST VILLAGE. THE ONLY RENOVATED BUILDINGS ARE THE CENTRAL CHURCH AND THE CEMETERY. DESERTATION BEGAN GRADUALLY SINCE THE THREAT OF PIRATES WAS REDUCED AND THE GRASSLANDS WERE ESTABLISHED. THE SINGLE ROOM HOUSES DO NOT HAVE ROOFS AND WINDOWS, AS THE INHABITANTS TOOK THEM WITH THEM WHEN THEY LEFT THE VILLAGE.

Editor: Fotini Anastasopoulou