Medieval City of Rhodes

World Heritage

Greece

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The Knights of St. John of Jerusalem occupied Rhodes from 1309 to 1523 and set about transforming the city into a fortress. It was subsequently ruled by Turkey and Italy. The Upper Town, with the Grand Patriarch's Palace, the Great Hospital and the Street of Knights, is one of the most beautiful urban complexes of the Gothic period. In the Lower Town, Gothic buildings coexist with mosques, public baths and other buildings dating back to the Ottoman period.

# Gothic architecture

# fortress

# Knights of Saint John of Jerusalem

# Upper Town

# Medieval city

# Grand Master's Palace