The Temple o Kabeiri was brought to light by the Italian Archeological School in the period of 1937-1991. The temple went through three construction phases: the Archaic, the Hellenistic, and the late Roman.  The temple’s buildings are found on two small terraces. Administratively part of Hephaistia, the Temple of Kabeiri was the center of the island as well as the center of worship.

On the southern plateau, an archaic telesterion was found under the late-Roman telesterion. It is a irregular rectangular building with counters upon which rituals were carried out, and it dates back to the beginning of the 7^th century BC.

The northern plateau is occupied by the Hellenistic telesterion. It is a building with twelve Doric columns dating back the 2^nd century BC. It was looted and burned during the Roman imperial period, between the 2^nd and 3^rd century AD.

The late-Roman telesterion is located on the southern plateau, and is built on the archaic building of the older archaic telesterion. The entrance to this telesterion was on the southern side and had a pronaos with 7 columns. The central hall was 17 m long and was separated into three sections. The ruins of this building represent the final phase of existence of the temple, and thus testify to the long survival of the Kabeiri worship. The destruction of the building and the termination of the temple were most likely caused by the destructive frenzy of the early Christians at the end of the 3^rd or beginning of the 4^th century AD.