Medieval City of Rhodes
The Medieval City of Rhodes was constructed around 1309 to 1523 and is part of the modern capital city of Rhodes on the Island of Rhodes in Greece. The site was added to the UNESCO World Heritage list in 1988.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Archaeological site
- Description: part of the modern city on Rhodes island, Greece
- Also known as: “Medieval town of Rhodes”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Suleymaniye Mosque and Colossus of Rhodes.
Suleymaniye Mosque
Mosque
The Suleymaniye Mosque or the Mosque of Suleiman is a former mosque in the city of Rhodes, in the South Aegean region of Greece. It was originally built after the Ottoman conquest of Rhodes in 1522 and is named after Sultan Suleiman to commemorate his conquest. Suleymaniye Mosque is situated 120 metres west of Medieval City of Rhodes.
Colossus of Rhodes
Ruins
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The Colossus of Rhodes was a statue of the Greek sun god Helios, erected in the city of Rhodes, on the Greek island of the same name, by Chares of Lindos in 280 BC. Colossus of Rhodes is situated 1 km north of Medieval City of Rhodes.
Muslim Library of Hafiz Ahmed Aga
Library
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Hafiz Ahmed Agha Library is an important historic Ottoman building in the medieval city of Rhodes in Greece, a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The library was founded by Hafiz Ahmed Agha in 1793. Muslim Library of Hafiz Ahmed Aga is situated 150 metres west of Medieval City of Rhodes.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Rhodes and Koskinou.
Rhodes
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Rhodes is the largest settlement and capital city of the island of the same name. It is famous as the former site of the Colossus, one of the seven wonders of the ancient world, and as the oldest inhabited medieval town in Europe.
Koskinou
Town
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Koskinou is a village on the Greek island of Rhodes. It is located 5 miles from Rhodes town and 6 miles from the island resort of Faliraki and the Music School of Rhodes. Koskinou is situated 6 km south of Medieval City of Rhodes.
Medieval City of Rhodes
- Categories: old town, World Heritage Site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Rhodes, Dodecanese, South Aegean Islands, Greek Islands, Greece, Balkans, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Western Armenian—“Medieval City of Rhodes” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Medieval City of Rhodes”
- Chinese: “罗得中世纪旧城”
- Dutch: “Middeleeuwse stad Rhodos”
- Esperanto: “Mezepoka Urbo de Rodiso”
- Estonian: “Rhodose vanalinn”
- Finnish: “Ródoksen vanhakaupunki”
- French: “Ville médiévale de Rhodes”
- Galician: “Cidade medieval de Rodas”
- German: “Mittelalterliche Stadt von Rhodos”
- German: “Rhodos - mittelalterliche Stadt”
- Greek: “Μεσαιωνική πόλη Ρόδου”
- Greek: “Μεσαιωνική πόλη της Ρόδου”
- Hungarian: “Rodosz óvárosa”
- Italian: “Città medievale di Rodi”
- Japanese: “ロードスの中世都市”
- Japanese: “ロドスの中世都市”
- Korean: “로도스의 중세 도시”
- Korean: “로도스의 중세도시”
- Persian: “شهر قرون وسطایی ردس”
- Spanish: “Ciudad medieval de Rodas”
- Swedish: “Medieval City of Rhodes”
- Tatar: “Иске Родос”
- Tatar: “Родос урта гасырлар каласы”
- Tatar: “Родосның иске каласы”
- Turkish: “Eski Rodos”
- Turkish: “Rodos Orta Çağ Şehri”
- Western Armenian: “Ռոտոսի միջնադարեան քաղաք”
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