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Posted: **Wed Oct 22, 2014 1:19 pm**

Very interesting Lis $O/\$ $O/\$

The building are so well preserved $\O$

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

Posted: **Wed Oct 22, 2014 7:06 pm**

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

Posted: **Wed Oct 22, 2014 7:13 pm**

More fabulous pics Lis.

Thanks for posting them for us.

Posted: **Wed Oct 22, 2014 7:25 pm**

$O\/$ $O\/$ $O\/$

Fascinating indeed!

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

Posted: **Wed Oct 22, 2014 7:39 pm**

Wow some really awesome photos Lis

Posted: **Wed Oct 22, 2014 8:53 pm**

Wow, parts of history I love $O/\$ $O/\$

Posted: **Thu Oct 23, 2014 1:41 pm**

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

Posted: **Thu Oct 23, 2014 1:41 pm**

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.

Posted: **Thu Oct 23, 2014 1:44 pm**

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

Posted: **Thu Oct 23, 2014 1:53 pm**

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 $0*\$

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

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