Kos Town, Kos - The Italian town

In addition, the city of Kos is unique among other cities Islands Dodecanese who knew the Italian occupation, because it had to be almost entirely rebuilt after the devastating earthquake of 23 April 1933, gave to the destruction Italian authorities the possibility of a major restructuring of Kos town, a new city in modern urban planning was built. The city was divided into three construction zones based on criteria of social class: the north, center and south. The northern sector was divided into small houses for the working classes of the city (popolari box), the central area consisted mainly of two-storey houses with shops at the street for the urban middle class in the city (palazzine). Finally, the sector has welcomed the gardened houses of Italian settlers (villini).

Buildings constructed before the earthquake (City Hall, General Hospital "Hippocrates" , Government Palace et cetera) differ from those constructed after the earthquake ( Casa del Fascio , Municipal Market , Archaeological Museum , Casa Balilla, et cetera. .), in terms of their style: the former are exquisite examples of eclecticism while the latter contain elements of rationalism and fascist architecture.

The city also new integration archaeological sites ancient Kos , found under the rubble, and who came to be searched.

Casa del Fascio is a modernist building typical rationalist architecture fascist.

Today, the "Panhellénion" (Panellenion) is a complex that houses a restaurant and a cinema still probably serving another propaganda.

It is a building in the modernist style Arabic used in Eritrea and Italian Libya, with a clock tower feature. Place on the Plane, in the angle opposite the castle Neratzia , are the stairs of the palace ceremony, a mosaic pavement incorporates the arms of the House of Savoy, kings of Italy. Inside the building is a courtyard, airy by the sea breeze, and dominated by balconies.

During the Italian occupation Palazzo del Governo housed the administration of the island and the Palace of Justice (Palazzo di Giustizia). It was an important symbol of the fascist authority with the inscription "Legum served sumus omnes" (We are all slaves of the Act), proclaiming the domination of law engraved in the back of the building overlooking the Place Plane-tree of Hippocrates.

Today, the former Government Palace houses the city hall of the city of Kos, the sub-prefecture of Kos, the Palace of Justice and Police of Kos.

It is a small museum, but relatively large for a city like Kos. The Archaeological Museum of Kos is located in a beautiful two-storey building with three entrances surmounted by arches. It includes three exhibition rooms arranged around an atrium (courtyard).

The museum does not have exceptional works but an interesting collection of sculptures of Hellenistic and Roman periods (fourth century BC to the third century AD), mosaics, ceramics, low- reliefs from tombs, altars, votive offerings and statuettes, mainly from Roman houses of the city, the Roman Odeon of Pyli (the sanctuary of Demeter), as well as other sites on the island.

Mosaic of Hermes (second century AD) comes from the house of Europe , it has the god Hermes seated on a rock.

This mosaic is dated to the Roman period in the third century AD, it was discovered in a Roman house in the city of Kos.

The statue is the most famous statue supposed to represent Hippocrates (Ιπποκράτης). There is a larger than life statue representing a bearded man wearing a toga, this statue was discovered in the ruins of the Odeon of Kos it is said that it is the workers who discovered that the statue named Hippocrates, but it can be a renowned physician in the line of milkweed. The statue has been dated to the fourth century BC.

The headless statue of the god Asclepius (Ασκληπιός), the Roman Aesculapius, holding a stick around which is wound a snake (a typical attribute of the god) with Télesphore (Τελεσφόρος), the god of convalescence sitting at his feet. The statue is dated from the second century BC and comes from the house of the mosaic of Europe .

A statue of Artemis (Άρτεμις), the huntress Diana of the Romans, whose arc is broken, with his hunting dog.

A statue of Hygeia (Υγιεία), the Roman Salus, daughter of the god of medicine, Asclepius, goddess of health, cleanliness and hygiene. Hygeia offers an egg serpent of Asclepius.

Made a statue representing the god Dionysus (Διόνυσος), the Bacchus of the Romans, rather effeminate, holding in his right hand a glass of wine and empty leaning on the shoulder of a young man drunk with his entourage. His left hand rests on a vine which is perched the god Pan, with his cloven feet and horns short features, and playing his flute at the foot of Dionysus is a small Eros, the personification of love , stroking a panther. The statue is dated the second or third century.

A statue of Demeter (Δήμητρα), the Roman Ceres, goddess of agriculture. The statue is dated fourth or third century BC.

A statue of the Goddess Tyche (Τύχη), Roman goddess Fortuna, the goddess of wealth and prosperity.

A statue of Hades (Άδης), god of the underworld.

A statue of Aphrodite.

Some statues of women, the Hellenistic period (third century BC to the second century), wearing the clothing characteristic of Kos.

The large collection of pottery from the Geometric period to the Hellenistic period (eighth century to the first century BC), also closed to the public.

Many of the mosaic floors that need to be exposed to the first floor of the museum are currently in Kos Rhodes, because the Italians in the 1930s, there were transported to decorate the famous Palace of the Grand Master .

Place Kazouli (Πλατεία Καζούλη) next to the Place Eleftherias (Πλατεία Ελευθερίας).

Phone: 00 30 22420 28326

Hours: Tuesday to Sunday, from 8 am to 14 pm 30. The tour can be done in 20-30 minutes.

Entrance Fee: 3 € (adults), € 2 (seniors and students), free for children 16 and under.

The museum was closed in 2012 for restoration.

4 rue Vasileos Georgiou

Phone: 00 30 22420 20040

Open for breakfast, lunch and dinner.