Alonnisos was always a very important passage for every επιπλα ship that sailed nearby. Alonnisos was knows by the name Iko or Liodromia. Due to the importance of the sea people of Alonnisos developed the art of shipbuilding. Its History begins with King Stafylos to have settler both Skopelos and Ikos with a group of Cretans in 16th century B.C. The Minoan city turns into a Mycenaean one when it is transferred to the area Kokkinokastro, east of the island. During classic period it must have been two different cities, one in the area of Kokkinokastro and the other in the Old Alonnisos. The myth says that after the Mycenaean time, Achille’s father Peleus come to stay in the island and he dies there. It is also said that somewhere on the Alonnisos we might found his tomb. In 476 B.C. Alonnisos became a member of the Athenian Alliance. That was a very good period for the island. It had a famous wine production, economical growth from trading and an important geographical position on the map. In 190 B.C. Alonnisos was conquered by the Romans. Since that event until the conquest of Istanbul from the Franks, in 1204 there is no more information about Iko. That conquest brings Alonnisos under Venetian Authority in 1207, likewise all the other islands of the Aegean Sea. From that time Alonnisos and Skopelos change conquerors many times, under ottoman, Venetian and outman authority again with Barbarossa in 1538.  After the Greek παιδικα επιπλα Revolution against Ottomans and their victory Alonnisos became part of the new Greece