It hosts recently excavated Byzantine churches adorned with white-blue marble from Proconnesus.

Its name comes from Greek "Ἐρυθρόν" (Erythron), neuter of "ἐρυθρός" (erythros) "red",[2] due to the color of the local soil.

However, it has some of the remains of the Greek period, including a group of tombs carved in rock dating back to the 5th century BC.

During the Roman Empire and into late Antiquity the town was known as Erythron and was mentioned by various ancient authors including Claudius Ptolemy.

[4] The Eastern Church is located on the Mediterranean coast, where there are parts of marble columns decorated with Christian religious signs, the remains of the marble floor and the remains of mosaics that surrounded it, while the Western Church left only ruins of the original plan.