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a) Hippocrates , father of medicine .
b) Knights castle
c) Freedom square
d) Roman homes
e) Christian basilicas
f)  Dorik temple of Venus
g) Roman school of Music
h)  Castle  built  c. 1450 – 1478 / classical sculptures

Aesculapium

Four km. to the SE of the city we shall visit the Aesculapium, infirmary of Antiquity, which began to be built in the 4th century B.C. 

Among the ruins we can discern the Temple of Aesculapius, the Stoa of Hippocrates' medical school, and the altar.

Villages around  the island  of KOS .:
a) Asfendiou, 14 kilometres southwest of town
b) Pill, further south, with its ruined Byzantine castle
c) Andimahia , in the middle of the island
d) Kardamena ;  hot springs
e) Kefalos on the southwest coast , with its superbe beach
f) Palatia ; ruins of ancient town of Astypalaia.