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Medieval City of Rhodes

Greece
Date of Inscription: 1988
Criteria: (ii)(iv)(v)
Core zone: 65.85 ha
Prefecture of Dodecanese, Region of the South Aegean
N36 26 49.992 E28 13 40.008
Ref: 493

Brief Description

The Order of St John of Jerusalem occupied Rhodes from 1309 to 1523 and set about transforming the city into a stronghold. It subsequently came under Turkish and Italian rule. With the Palace of the Grand Masters, the Great Hospital and the Street of the Knights, the Upper Town is one of the most beautiful urban ensembles of the Gothic period. In the Lower Town, Gothic architecture coexists with mosques, public baths and other buildings dating from the Ottoman period.

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