| ένα από τα πολλά πηγάδια |
| ο φούρνος |
![]() |
| το δεύτερο εντυπωσιακό περιστύλιο με την "πισίνα" με τα νούφαρα |
![]() |
| τα πλυντήρια |
![]() |
| μία παλαιά φωτο από τη δεκαετία του '90 |
![]() |
| και μια πανοραμική του τρίτου περιστυλίου |
http://www.kwsinfo.gr/kwsplirofories/kwsaksiotheata/kwsromaikioikiacasaromana/index.html
CASA ROMANA, ROMAN HOUSE, KOS
The Roman house was excavated in 1933 after the great earthquake that almost leveled Kos and gave the Italians, who then occupied the island, the opportunity to redesign the town plan of Kos and to carry out extensive archaeological excavations, since all the antiquities lay beneath the houses that had collapsed from the earthquake. The excavation was conducted by the Italian archaeologist Laurenzi, and almost immediately the Italian administration proceeded with the complete restoration of the house, which was completed in 1940.
The first construction phase of the Roman house, or Casa Romana as it is more widely known, dates back to the Hellenistic period (a sample of Hellenistic masonry is still visible on the exterior northern side of the building), while its use, with various repairs and rearrangements, lasted at least until the 3rd century AD. Its unusually large size and rich decoration have led scholars to believe that the building complex belonged to a wealthy official of Kos.
one of the many wells
the oven
The form in which the building survives today dates back to the Roman imperial period. The Roman house is organized around three atriums, two of which form peristyles of the Rhodian type (i.e., surrounded by two-storey colonnaded porticoes). The atriums are decorated with magnificent mosaic floors. The house consists of 36 rooms and three internal peristyle courtyards (atria).
the second impressive peristyle with the “pool” with the water lilies
Opposite the entrance was found the base of a statue or stele with the inscription «ΑΠΑΛΕΞΙΚΑΚΟΣ?» (=“he who drives away evil”). The windows on the wall behind the entrance face the first courtyard, where there is a water cistern and a mosaic floor depicting a panther devouring a deer. Around the courtyard open rooms decorated with mosaic floors, among them the mosaic with a representation of the seabed, which is exhibited at the Archaeological Museum, and a wall painting depicting a man.
In the large southern peristyle, with the small water cistern at its center, open the andron (main room of the house) and other rooms with traces of marble revetment and mosaic floors with geometric designs, depictions of a tiger, panther, etc. In the northwestern corner of the peristyle, near the staircase leading to the upper floor, were the auxiliary spaces (kitchen, etc.). The andron communicates through a door in its western wall with a large hall (triclinium) with marble flooring and marble wall revetment. On its northern side opens the third atrium of the house, with a water cistern and a mosaic floor depicting a Nereid riding a hippocampus. The central scene is framed by panthers and dolphins.
All the mosaics found in Casa Romana are dated to the 3rd century AD. However, in the building were also found statues of Nymphs, Athena, etc., as well as the mosaic floor with a depiction of the seabed, which date back to the end of the Hellenistic period.
the laundries
an old photo from the 1990s
and a panoramic view of the third peristyle















































