6 Sights in Kos, Greece (with Map and Images)
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Explore interesting sights in Kos, Greece. Click on a marker on the map to view details about it. Underneath is an overview of the sights with images. A total of 6 sights are available in Kos, Greece.
Sightseeing Tours in Kos1. Kos Asklepieion
Asclepius Kos is built on the slopes of a hill with lush vegetation and sea views and the Asia Minor coast. It is the most important archaeological monument on the island, but also one of the most famous asclepiea of antiquity. In ancient times it was a place of worship of the god Asclepius and a place of healing and teaching medicine. There he taught Hippocrates, one of the most important representatives of medicine in antiquity, in the school he had founded in the area of Asclepius. Unlike the sanctuary of Asclepius in Epidaurus, scientific medicine was particularly developed in Kos.
2. Τζαμί της Λότζιας
The Gazi Hasan Pasha Mosque referred to locally as the Loggia Mosque is a historical mosque of the Ottoman period in the town and island of Kos, in southeastern Greece. It is one of the two mosques of the island to bear the name "Gazi Hasan Pasha", the other being the mosque of Platani. Unlike the Platani mosque, the Loggia Mosque is not open for worship today. It is located right next to the legendary Tree of Hippocrates.
3. Plane tree of Hippocrates
The Tree of Hippocrates is the plane tree under which, according to legend, Hippocrates of Kos taught his pupils the art of medicine. Paul of Tarsus purportedly taught here as well. The Platanus in Kos is an oriental plane, with a crown diameter of about 12 metres, said to be the largest for a plane tree in Europe.
4. Defterdar Mosque
The Defterdar Ibrahim Pasha Mosque is an Ottoman-era mosque in the island of Kos, in Greece. Built in the 18th century, it serves the Muslim-Turkish community of Kos, as one of the two out of the five Ottoman mosques to be still operational and open for prayers on Kos, the other being the Gazi Hasan Pasha Mosque.
5. Casa Romana

The Roman house or Casa Romana is a Roman Pompeian mansion of the end of 2 c. and early 3 c. H. , built on the ruins of a Hellenistic house with a wonderful sewerage system located in Kos. It consists of 36 rooms and 3 outdoor areas, atrium or atrium. The house has been restored.
6. Archaeological Museum of Kos
The two-storey building in Eleftheria Square, which houses the current Archaeological Museum of Kos, is a preserved monument of the Italian rule (1912-1943), built in 1936, when the General Manager of the Dodecanese was Mario Lago
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