At the site of Lenika on the road from Agios Nikolaos to Elounda, a temple of Aphrodite and Ares was excavated, from Hellenistic times. The temple was preceded by a sanctuary of the geometric times. The sunken ancient city of Olus is located on the isthmus that connects the mainland with the peninsula of Elounda Island (or Spinalonga). The archaeological findings from it are kept in the Agios Nikolaos Museum. In the Upper Pines of Elounda, ruins of a Hellenistic tower - fortress of the city of Olounds and ancient inscriptions on rocks.
In Poros, on the isthmus that connects the peninsula to the coast, ruins of a three-aisled early Christian basilica (end of the 5th century) with an addition. In the middle aisle, mosaic floor with names of donors. On the E. side of the islet of Kolokythia, ruins of a three-aisled Early Christian basilica with a three-part transversal aisle (6th century), perhaps originally a wooden roof that was converted into a vaulted roof. Part of the mosaic floor of the sanctuary is preserved. Numerous marble architectural members and sculptures.
Editor: Fotini Anastasopoulou