Ναός του Απόλλωνα

The Temple of Apollo stands on the northern side of the Alasarna archaeological site, beneath Tholos hill on the Greek island of Kos. Excavations revealed the platform and three steps of an oblong temple dating to the Hellenistic period, around the third century BCE. Its east-west layout measured about 16.5 metres by just over 9 metres, with local stone from Antimachia forming the main structure.

Two Doric columns marked the eastern entrance, where fragments of triglyphs and metopes remain visible. Travertine limestone plaques lined the lower walls, while a grey marble threshold from Kos opened onto a floor of white marble over red limestone from Kefalos. Seven pedestals surrounded the building, and a pit to the east held sacrifices to underworld deities after the temple’s destruction and abandonment. Alasarna remained important through the early Christian period, but an earthquake in 469 changed the area into a residential quarter with houses, a cemetery and basilicas. Pirate raids led to its abandonment in the mid-seventh century.

The site also preserves traces of another ancient building west of a modern hotel structure and a stoa to the north.