Temple of Apollo

Temple of Apollo is an archaeological site in Rhodes, Dodecanese, South Aegean Islands. Temple of Apollo is situated nearby to the archaeological site Temple of Artemis, as well as near the theater building Odeion.

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Type: Archaeological site
Description: ancient Greek temple in Rodos Municipality, Greece
Also known as: “Temple of Apollo (Rhodes)” and “Temple of Apollo Pythios”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Ancient Stadium and Muslim Library of Hafiz Ahmed Aga.

Ancient Stadium

Archaeological site

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Ancient Stadium is an archaeological site, which is situated 180 metres southeast of Temple of Apollo.

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 1¼ km east of Temple of Apollo.

Suleymaniye Mosque

Mosque

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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 1¼ km east of Temple of Apollo.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Medieval city of Rhodes and Rhodes.

Medieval city of Rhodes

Quarter

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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.

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.

Ialysos

Photo: Mouras, CC BY 3.0.

Ialysos is a town and a former municipality on the island of Rhodes, in the Dodecanese, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Rhodes, of which it is a municipal unit.

Temple of Apollo

Categories: ancient Greek temple, historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
Location: Rhodes, Dodecanese, South Aegean Islands, Greek Islands, Greece, Balkans, Europe
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Latitude

36.43993° or 36° 26′ 24″ north

Longitude

28.21046° or 28° 12′ 38″ east

Open location code

8G8CC6Q6+X5

OpenStreetMap ID

way 324703585

OpenStreetMap feature

historic=archaeological_site

Wikidata ID

Q30503687

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In Other Languages

From Catalan to Turkish—“Temple of Apollo” goes by many names.

Catalan: “Temple d’Apol·lo (Rodes)”
Catalan: “Temple d’Apol·lo”
Finnish: “Apollon temppeli”
Finnish: “Apollonin temppeli”
French: “temple d’Apollon”
French: “Temple d’Apollon”
German: “Antiker Tempel des Apollo”
German: “Tempel des Apollo”
Greek: “Ναός Απόλλωνος”
Greek: “Ναός του Απόλλωνα (Ρόδος)”
Italian: “Tempio di Apollo”
Spanish: “Templo de Apolo”
Turkish: “Apollon Tapınağı (Rodos)”

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