Fortification of the City
The wall of the ancient city of Kos has the shape of a ring with a perimeter of about 4 kilometres. The wall surrounded a residential area and also a large area of the south of thecity with fields and gardens. Parts of the northern side of the wall can be visited today at the Limenis archaeological site. It shapes a crooked line which follows the curve of the coast of the harbour. It’s made of big rectangular stones and has a height of 4 of these stones. The two towers were found in this area, one a rectangular the other a semi-circle. Its construction dates back to the 4th century BC during the establishment of the new city. It was destroyed by an earthquake in 142BC and was never re-constructed.
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