Filerimos Ialisos
In 1876 archaelogists found the necropolis of Ialyssos lying between the village of Trianda and Filerimos hill, on the west coast of Rhodes. This is the most ancient well-defined settlement of the island (1550-1400 B.C.).

Most of the finds are in the British Museum and the Louvre and only a few in the Rhodes museum. Most of these priceless items are from the 5th century B.C. which shows that the town reached its zenith then. Turning left at Trianda and going 5 km along a road through a dense pine forrest you arrive at the top of Filerimos hill (267 m).

There is an amazing view from here. The hill took its name from a monk who came from Jerusalem in the 13th century bringing with him an icon of the Blessed Virgin painted by the Apostle Luke. The small church he build became later a basilica and then in the 14th century the Knights built in St. John, a large monastery with its excuisite bell-tower that one still sees today.

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