Rhodes
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.
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Notable Places in the Area
Colossus of Rhodes
Ruins
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. Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Acropolis of Rhodes
Tourist attraction
The Acropolis of Rhodes is an acropolis dating from 1930, located approximately 3 kilometers from the centre of the city of Rhodes, Rhodes. Photo: MattiPaavola, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Localities in the Area
Ialysos
Ialysos is a town and a former municipality on the island of Rhodes, in the Dodecanese, Greece. Photo: Mouras, CC BY 3.0.Rhodes
- Type: City
- Description: city in Greece
- Categories: town and UNESCO World Heritage Site
- Location: Rhodes, Dodecanese, Greek Islands, Greece, Balkans, Europe
- Postal code: 85100
Latitude 36.438° or 36° 26' 16.8" north | Longitude 28.2233° or 28° 13' 23.9" east |
Population 54,000 | IATA airport code RHO |
United Nations Location Code GR RHO | Elevation 36 metres (118 feet) |
OpenStreetMap ID node 126244310 | GeoNames ID 400666 |
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Also Known As
- Afrikaans: Rhodosstad
- Arabic: Rhodes
- Arabic: رودس
- Arabic: رودوس، دوديكانيسوس
- Armenian: Հռոդոս
- Azerbaijani: Rodos (şəhər)
- Azerbaijani: Rodos
- Basque: Rodas
- Belarusian: Родас (горад)
- Belarusian: Родас
- Bengali: রোডস
- Breton: Ródos
- Bulgarian: Родос
- Catalan: Ciutat de Rodes
- Catalan: Rodes
- Catalan: Rodis
- Catalan: Ρόδος (πόλη)
- Cebuano: Ródos
- Chinese: 罗得市
- Chinese: 羅得市
- Chinese: 羅得港
- Chuvash: Родос (хула)
- Chuvash: Родос
- Croatian: Rodos
- Czech: Rhodos
- Danish: Rhodos by
- Dutch: Rhodos-stad
- Dutch: Rhodos
- Dutch: Rodos
- English: Rhodes Town
- Esperanto: Rodoso
- Estonian: Rhodos
- Finnish: Rodoksen kaupunki
- Finnish: Rodos
- French: Rhodes
- Georgian: როდოსი
- German: Rhodos
- German: Rhodos-Stadt
- Greek: Ródos
- Greek: Ρόδος
- Gujarati: રોડ્સ
- Hebrew: רודוס
- Hebrew: רודוס סיטי
- Hindi: रोड्स
- Hungarian: Rodosz
- Hungarian: Ródosz
- Indonesian: Rhodes
- Italian: Rodi
- Japanese: ロドス
- Japanese: ロードス
- Kannada: ರೋಹ್ಡ್ಸ್
- Korean: 로도스
- Korean: 로도스시
- Latin: Rhodus
- Latvian: Roda
- Limburgan: Rodos
- Lithuanian: Rodas
- Macedonian: Родос
- Malay: Rhodes
- Malayalam: റോഡ്സ്
- Marathi: रोड्स
- Norwegian: Rhodos
- Norwegian Bokmål: Rhodos
- Norwegian Bokmål: Rhodos by
- Norwegian Bokmål: Rodos by
- Norwegian Nynorsk: Rhodos by
- Norwegian Nynorsk: Rodos by
- Norwegian Nynorsk: Ródos by
- Persian: رودس
- Polish: Rodos
- Portuguese: Rodes
- Romanian: Rodos
- Russian: Родос
- Scots: Rhodes (ceety)
- Serbian: Rodos
- Serbian: Родос
- Serbo-Croatian: Rodos
- Sinhala: රෝඩ්ස්
- Slovak: Rodos
- Slovenian: Rodos
- Spanish: Ciudad de Rodas
- Spanish: Rodas
- Swedish: Rhodos
- Swedish: Rhodos Stad
- Tamil: ரோட்ஸ்
- Telugu: రోడ్స్
- Thai: โรดส์
- Turkish: Rodos
- Ukrainian: Родос
- Urdu: روڈس
- Vietnamese: Rhodes, Hy Lạp
- Vietnamese: Rhodes
- Vietnamese: Ródos, Hy Lạp
- Waray (Philippines): Rhodes
- Welsh: Rhodes
- Western Frisian: Rodos
- Rodos Town
- Ródhos
Other Places Named Rhodes
In the Area
Localities
Landmarks
- Medieval defensive walls of RhodesCastle
- Grand Master's PalaceCastle
- Medieval city of RhodesArchaeological/prehistoric site
- Archaeological Site of the Church of St. JohnArchaeological/prehistoric site
- Castellania - Μέγαρο ΚαστελλανίαHistoric site
- Spanish Language's InnHistorical site
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