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The Ancient City Kionia: He was in position near the village Kerame from before Minoan season and continued to flourish until the Hellenistic period.
The ruins of the city and the walls appear within 3 km from the sea on a hill and found pottery, sculpture in Europe Taurus, coins and statues, dating from the Pre period (2600-2000 BC).
The raids on coastal areas, around 200 BC by Cilix forced the inhabitants to move to villages and Kerame Agallianos security.
The presence of ancient city of Kionia or Bionos evidenced by prominoika years. Later, during the Archaic, Classical and Hellenistic times, the city continues to flourish and is considered one of the hundred cities - ekatompolis famous of ancient Crete.
The ruins of the city divided low, just above the shore, and within 2-3 km below the present village Kerame in coastal steep hill that overlooks the sea towards the south, while from the north side has no significant elevation in relation to the surrounding area.
Today the ruins of the ancient city keep an area of over 150 meters east to west and 100 meters from north to south, while the other half the city is buried at shallow depth beneath the surface of the sea. With a closer look at the surrounding area will find traces of buildings and terraces which suggest the existence of an ancient city.
For the ancient columns is believed that, because some time after the ground began to recede and the city is immersed in water, the inhabitants were forced to abandon it and move on higher, the area where the villages are now Kerames and Agallianos.
Kostis El. Papadakis,
Kerames and Agalianos, common path in time, rethymno 2002
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