The church of Hagios Ioannis, dating from 1838, stands out in the area of Yalos. It has the cross-vaults typical of the Dodecanese and a marble floor, a courtyard laid with pebble mosaics and a tall, marble bell tower. The portable icons of the 19th century within the church, dedications of various guilds (synafia), such as the tailors’, shoemakers’ and tavern owners’- are of considerable interest.
On a terrace above the courtyard spreads the parish cemetery, contemporary with the church and surrounded by a stone wall. Today thirteen of its monumental tombs survive. Burial in the cemetery was discontinued 1924, when the Italian Administration banned burials there for reasons of public health.
