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The castle became a holiday residence for the King of Italy, Victor Emmanuel III, and later for Fascist dictator Benito Mussolini, whose name can still be seen on a large plaque near the entrance. On 10 February 1947, the Treaty of Peace with Italy , one of the Paris Peace Treaties , determined that the recently established Italian Republic ...
The Knights' castle at Rhodes. At Rhodes, the resident knights of each langue were headed by a baili. The English Grand Prior at the time was Philip De Thame, who acquired the estates allocated to the English langue from 1330 to 1358. In 1334, the Knights of Rhodes defeated Andronikos III Palaiologos and his Turkish auxiliaries. In the 14th ...
The name refers to the Monolithos Castle, which is built on a large, solitary 100m high rock formation. These are the ruins of the castle of the Knights Hospitaller built in 1476, outside the village. [2] This castle was built to protect the island from attacks. In fact, this castle was never conquered.
The interior. Panagia tou Kastrou was built as a Greek Orthodox church around the eleventh century. [1] [2]After the capture of Rhodes by the Knights Hospitaller, the Byzantine Orthodox church was converted into a Roman Catholic church and archiepiscopal cathedral of the Latins, also dedicated to Virgin Mary, under the name Sancta Maria Castelli Rodi.
The Medieval City of Rhodes was constructed around 1309 to 1523 and is part of the modern capital city of Rhodes on the Island of Rhodes in Greece. The site was added to the UNESCO World Heritage list in 1988. [1] The Medieval city consists of the high town to the north and the lower town south-southwest.
The Acropolis of Rhodes (Greek: Ακρόπολη της Ρόδου) is the acropolis, or upper town, of ancient Rhodes dating from the 5th century BC and located 3 kilometers SW from the centre of the modern city.
Chastelet, castle ruin by Jacob's Ford: see Battle of Jacob's Ford; also known as Vadum Iacob, le Chastelez, Ateret, Qasr al-'Atra; Castellum Rogerii Langobardi – castle at Umm Khalid/Netaniya [3] Château Pèlerin, also known as Atlit Castle and Castle Pilgrim; off-reach military base
The Archaeological Museum of Rhodes (Greek: Αρχαιολογικό Μουσείο Ρόδου) is located in the Medieval City of Rhodes. The museum is housed in the monumental edifice that was the hospital of the Knights of Saint John. Construction was begun in 1440 and brought to completion in the time of the Grand Master d'Aubusson (1476-1503).