Kamiros

Ancient Kameiros was founded by the Dorians, just like Ialyssos and Lindos, though the discovery of a Mycenean necropolis nearby makes it clear that during the prehistoric period the area must have been inhabited by the Achaeans. Contrary to Lindos this town was by and large a rural society whose main products were olive oil, figs and wine.

The town reached its greatest height in the 6th century B.C. but was gradually abandoned when the town of Rhodes was founded.
The visitor of the nowadays archaelogical site may see the Agora (Market), the ruins of Doric temple from the 3rd century B.C., the town's main street with its semicircular exedra, the public baths which were built in imitation of Roman baths, the acropolis that occupies a tringular flat piece of graound at the top of the hill and the Large Stoa that was erected in the 3rd century B.C.

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