Main Sights
| Medieval City of Rhodes | |
|---|---|
| Name as inscribed on the World Heritage List | |
| Country | Greece |
| Type | Cultural |
| Criteria | ii, iv, v |
| Reference | 493 |
| UNESCO region | Europe and North America |
| Inscription history | |
| Inscription | 1988 |
The city is home to numerous landmarks. Some of them date back to antiquity and most of the others remain from the Knights' Period.
- Grand Master's Palace (15th century)
- Knights Street
- Acropolis of Rhodes
- Mosque of Suleiman the Magnificent
- Medieval walls, created in the mid-14th century on a previous line and remade after the Ottoman siege of 1480 and the earthquake of the following year. In 1522 Suleiman entered the city from the gate of St. Anastasius
- Gothic buildings in the historical upper town.
- Recently, the Byzantine harbor was excavated, discovering unique medieval shipwrecks.
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