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Post-Byzantine

Medieval city of Rhodes

At the northern tip of the island, the city of Rhodes was a port of strategic importance. The Order of the Knights of St. John of Jerusalem (the Hospitallers), which occupied Rhodes from 1309, turned the city into a bastion of defense against the Ottomans until its fall in 1522. Then followed the era of the  Italian occupation from 1912-1947. With its impressive walls, the Palace of the Grand Master, the Hospital and the Knights’ Road, the Upper City is one of the most characteristic urban centers of Gothic architecture in the eastern Mediterranean.

Date of entry into UNESCO's List of World Heritage Sites
1988

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Medieval City of Rhodes: Church Panagia tou Bourgou. 14th c. AD.

Rhodes: The Gate of the Canons, entryway to the Palace of the Grand Master.

Hospice of Auvergne.

Rhodes: Panagia tou kastrou. Byzantine church, 11th c.

Rhodes: Gate D' Amboise.

Rhodes: Palace of the Grand Master, the courtyard.

Aerial view fo the Medieval City of Rhodes.

Panoramic view of the Medieval City of Rhodes. The Palace of the Grand Master.

Medieval City of Rhodes: the port.

Medieval City of Rhodes: Souleiman Mosque, 17th c. AD.

Medieval City of Rhodes: church Agia Triada (Holy Trinity) at the Street of the Knights.

Medieval City of Rhodes: St. Lucia, fresco of the 14th c. AD. In the church Panagia tou Kastrou.

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