Old Town Rhodes
Old Town Rhodes
Old Town Rhodes: A Gothic Stronghold of the Knights of St. John
Old Town Rhodes is a UNESCO World Heritage Site located on the largest island of the Dodecanese. From 1309 to 1523, it was occupied by the Knights of St. John of Jerusalem, who transformed the island capital into a fortified city capable of withstanding sieges as terrible as those led by the Sultan of Egypt in 1444 and Mehmet II in 1480.
The medieval city is divided into …