Alimia

Also known as Nisís Alimiá

Alimia () or Alimnia (Αλιμνιά) is a Greek island of the Aegean Sea, located in the sea area between Rhodes and Halki, in the complex of the Dodecanese. The surface of the island is and it has a coastline of . The island had a small population until the period of the Second World War, and in recent decades has remained uninhabited.

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Greek Dimos.name: Alimia
Greek Dimos.name_local: Αλιμιά
Greek Dimos.image_map: Alimia.jpg
Greek Dimos.image_skyline: Alimia sentinel2.jpg
Greek Dimos.caption_skyline: Alimia
Greek Dimos.elevation_min: 0
Greek Dimos.elevation_max: 274
Greek Dimos.periph: South Aegean
Greek Dimos.periphunit: Rhodes
Greek Dimos.municipality: Chalki
Greek Dimos.population_as_of: 2021
Greek Dimos.population: 0

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Population: 41
Area: 6.5
Image: Alimia.jpg
Width: 4
Length: 5

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native label: Αλιμιά

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The island is mentioned in ancient texts as Eulimna () and by Pliny the Elder under the name Evlimnia and associated with two large bays of the island, Emporio and Saint George, in the eastern and western side of the island that are safe natural harbors. Their use in antiquity is confirmed by the impressive, carved into the rock, dockyards, dating to the Hellenistic period when it belonged to the Rhodian state. In the Hellenistic period, flourished when the Rhodian state, the island was fortified with the construction of the fortress and used as anchorage and observatory for the Rhodian fleet. The Hellenistic castle survived until today in the highest peak east of the island. A department of a Hellenistic castle was used for the construction of a medieval castle in 1475, when Rhodes and its surrounding islands were occupied by the Knights Hospitaller. On the coast of Emporio found Roman tombs and visible ancient walls and the foundation of an early Christian basilica.