Kos

Kos is the part of the Dodecanese island chain in the southeastern Aegean Sea. The biggest island of the group is Rhodes, Kos is the third, but second most populous. I'm going to mention here only a few of the sights to see in Kos.

No wonder that the island is abundant in ancient cultural remains. The most significant archeological sight is the Asklepieion. In antiquity, it worked as a healing center and it got its name from Asklepios, son of Apollo and protector of health and medicine.

One peculiar sight is the Tree of Hippocrates. It is a platane tree, under which, according to legend, Hippocrates, who is considered the father of medicine, taught his pupils of the discipline. The tree has an enormous crown, 12 meters in diameter, and is said to be the largest in Europe.

Another main sight is Nerantzia Castle, or Castle of the Knights of Malta, is located at the entrance of the port, Kos Town. It was built in the 14th century by the Knights of Saint John, on the site of a former Byzantine fortress.

The Ottoman rule, which spanned for a long period from 1523 to 1911, left its traces in the island, like a number of mosques dots the old town of Kos.

This bunch of postcards from Greece is from a friend who lives in Athens and whom I met during Erasmus. I stayed for the whole academic year, while she returned to Greece after the end of the fall semester. We reunited when she came back to Milan and brought me some postcards from her beautiful and ancient country :)

From: I.I.
Date: April 2019