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Ancient Kamiros
Kamiros was one of the three city-states founded by the Dorians when they settled Rhodes in the early first millennium BC. In 411 BC, after a long period pf peaceful coexistence the three cities united into a single state and founded a new capital on the site of the modern town of Rhodes. However, life in the old cities continued until late antiquity, as was the case with Kamiros. The ruins visible on the site belong mostly to the Hellenistic and Roman city. They were brought to light by excavations carried out in the 19th century (1859-1864) and during the Italian occupation, from 1928 until 1942. The finds from the excavations of the 19th century ended up in the British Museum, the Louvre and other European museums, while those from the second period of the excavations are exhibited in the Archaeological Museum of Rhodes.
The Urban Plan of the City
The city of Kamiros was built in accordance with the principles of Hellenistic urban planning and harmoniously integrated into the natural landscape. The city developed along a natural valley, with the building arranged amphitheatrically on the slopes. Nuclei of the city were its two religious and civic centers, the Agora on the lower level, and the Acropolis at the head of the valley, where the sanctuary of Athena was located. In between spread and the residential zone, through which ran the main street, linking the Agora to the Acropolis. A large portico, belonging to the sanctuary of Athena, crowded the city in an impressive manner.
The city acquired its present form after the severe earthquake of 227 BC., when it was rebuilt on a large scale. Extensive repairs followed after a second earthquake in the mid-second century AD. The Hellenistic urban plan seems to have been altered in Early Christina times, when private houses occupied the former religious centers in the city.
The Agora
The Agora of Kamiros extends on an artificial terrace formed by levelling of the natural hillside. In the west part of the terrace stands a temple in the Doric order, possibly dedicated to Apollo. In the cella are preserved the base of the cult statue and a treasury in the form of a pit, in which the votive offerings were cast. In the central part of Agora, on the site of an abolished Late Classical fountain-house, an open-air sanctuary was built. It consists of two squares separated by the colonnade of the fountain, which was preserved in situ. In the larger square there was an altar of a kind of sdchara for sacrifices, and close by were steps on which, according to one viewpoint, the members of the local boule assembled. As deduced from the inscriptions on the numerous bases of ex-votos, the sanctuary was dedicated to all the Gods.
A second open-air sanctuary on the form of an enclosure (peribolos) stood in the northeast part of the Agora. It contained three rows of poros altars dedicated to gods and local heroes of rural character, as revealed by the incised inscriptions. The largest altar was dedicated to Helios, patron deity of the United Rhodian State.
Source: Hellenic Ministry of Culture
