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Rhodes Old Town |
Introduction
The Old City of Rhodos with a
population of 6,000 inhabitants is surrounded by medieval
walls with seven gates: Gate of the Naval Station, Gate of
Agios Ioannis, Gate of Agia Ekaterini, Gate of the Apostle
Paul, Gate of Amboise, Gate of Agios Athanassios and the
Gate of the port.
The Old town of Rhodos exerts all the fascination of
centuries past .It offers the visitor an inexhaustible
wealth of Sights to admire
The old city of Rhodos is
encircled by strong mediaeval walls "a typical example of
the techniques of the
techniques of the firtification of
the 14th -15th century built by the Knights of Saint John,to
protect the city from all dangers, whether comming from land
or sea.
As you enter the OLD CITY OF RHODOS either from the
commerical harbor through the Gate of Navarhou or from the
new town through the gate of Eleftherias you see the remains
of the 3rd century temple of Aphrodite , and behind it is
the Lodge of the Knights of Aiberne, built in 1507. Today
the building houses the governor's office. Next to it is the
Lodge of the Battalion of England and the first hospital of
the Knights, which was built by the Grandmaster in 1440,
which today is the Library of the Archological Society. The
'New' Hospital houses the town's Archaeological Museum which
is impressive not only because of the large number of relics
but because the building itself is so monumental and has
been the Archaeological museum since 1916.
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