A short October trip to the Island of Rhodes (Greece)

[pooky]

Very interesting Lis

The building are so well preserved

Imagine the manpower that was used in making those builds - awesome

[Mel]

Not boring at all when you consider all the work in it and how it was done!

[Dewi]

More fabulous pics Lis.

Thanks for posting them for us.

[Richprins]

Fascinating indeed!

Malta was bombed terribly in WW2...Rhodes escaped most of it, but was contested...

[harrys]

Wow some really awesome photos Lis

[Bushcraft]

Wow, parts of history I love

[Lisbeth]

Welcome to the lesson on Rhodes, RP, Dewi, Mel, Amoli, Flutterby, Pooky, Harry and Bushceaft. I am very happy to see you I was afraid not to see anybody

[Lisbeth]

In 1309, the Byzantine era came to an end when the island was occupied by forces of the Knights Hospitaller. Under the rule of the newly named "Knights of Rhodes", the city was rebuilt into a model of the European medieval ideal. Many of the city's famous monuments, including the Palace of the Grand Master, were built during this period.

The strong walls which the knights had built withstood the attacks of the Sultan of Egypt in 1444, and a siege by the Ottomans under Mehmed II in 1480. Eventually, however, Rhodes fell to the large army of Suleiman the Magnificent in December 1522. The few surviving knights were permitted to retire to the Kingdom of Sicily, from where they would later move their base of operations to Malta. Rhodes was thereafter a possession of the Ottoman Empire (see Sanjak of Rhodes) for nearly four centuries.

[Lisbeth]

Oops! I forgot the walk on the ancient walls. The only remarkable thing about them are the walls themselves and the view that shows, that muslims and christians used to live peacefully together and from my experience still do.







Main entrance to the old town

[Lisbeth]

All those old stones had made us hungry, so we were drawn by a sign saying

FISH RESTURANT.

We followed the indications and ended up in (sitting outside) what used to be the stables of the templars, what else
Why did I not take a pic of the inside





I wonder if the horses ate that well......
It was delicious and the second best fish, that we ate at Rhodes!! They make a very good wine too