The ancient place of Posideon that used to be the capital town and port of the island thousands of years ago can be visited in the port of the today´s centre of Karpathos. It was alllegedly built only in the 14th century BC, which is quite a long time so that a huge part of it could have been preserved. And so, today you can see there only remains of the perimeter walls, columns and some decorative elements of the then architecture. Apart from that, during the excavation works, tombstones, ceramics and coins were discovered, as well as some objects bringing evidence of a settlement already in the prehistoric times.