In Chora, the fortified citadel of the ancient city of Ioulidas, one of the four cities of ancient Kea, is preserved, as well as part of its wall. Hometown of the famous lyric poet Simonides, the sophist Prodikos and the doctor Erasistratus. A lion carved into the shale rock probably marks a
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Karthaia was the most important of the four cities of ancient Kea. It was founded during the archaic times and had a long life, until the early Byzantine period. It is located in the southeast of the island, in the coastal area that today is called Poles. Access to Karthaia is still possible today
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From the ancient city of Korissia, parts of the wall, the acropolis and a temple, perhaps of Smithian Apollo, are preserved today in the settlement of Livadiou. Under the hill of the city was found the marble archaic Kouros of Kea, a wonderful example of a local sculpture workshop (exhibited in the
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In Poisses, on the hill of Phyron, which was built on the site of the acropolis of ancient Poiessa, one of the four autonomous cities of the island during antiquity, parts of the wall of the ancient city can be seen, with building remains inside the fortified enclosure, while port facilities were
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(Tzia / Keos) In Agia Irini, a small peninsula in a protected closed bay, one of the most important sites of the prehistoric Aegean was identified with life from the 3rd millennium BC. During the middle and late Bronze Age (2000 - 1400 BC) it developed into a fortified city with strong Minoan
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The Doric temple, probably attributed to Athena, dates back to around 500 BC. It is a pavilion temple with six columns on its narrow sides and twelve on the long ones, with total dimensions of 23.20 X 11.98 m. The three-level platform is made of blue sipolini, while the superstructure is made of
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The temple of Pythian Apollo, at the easternmost point of the city of Karthaia, rose above the sea. Here the festivals of Pythian Apollo were celebrated. From inscribed columns with resolutions of the Carthians that existed as votives in the temple of Pythian Apollo, the temple is identified with
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The peninsula of Agia Irini, named after the small church located in its center, is located inside the natural bay of Agios Nikolaos, in the northwestern part of the island, well protected from the north winds of the Aegean. On this peninsula, one of the most important prehistoric Aegean settlements
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On the northwestern coast of Kea, at Cape Kefala, an outdoor settlement of the Late Neolithic or Chalcolithic period (end of the 4th millennium, around 3300 BC) has been identified. The small community (estimated at 45-80 people) lived in rectangular, stone-built houses and engaged in agriculture,
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Remains of towers are preserved in many parts of the island, but the most important is the tower in Agia Marina, which in fact has the highest surviving height of all similar monuments in the Mediterranean. It is located next to the homonymous church, at a crossroads of ancient roads that connected
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