Greece is magical ... for the kindness of its people, For the environment that is breathed there, for its dream beaches and its incredible blue waters, turquoise, Esmeraldas ... All framed by its valuable monuments that describe the evolution of the history of this wise civilization that has legacked us the basis for the development of future cultures.
In the Greek islands all those wonderful aspects are enjoyed as much as in the continental area. Arise It is one of those extraordinary islands that on an area of 1400 KM2 offers valuable natural and cultural wealth.
In a brief summary of its history we can say that Arise He lived his golden age developing cities in which his monuments, temples, public walks, denote the cultural level of its inhabitants. The strategic position of the island favored the development of trade between Europe, Africa and the Middle East and with this also the growth of the island. In the third century AC, The Roman Empire Conquista. With the arrival of the Romans the city was even more embellished to patrimonially and culturally. This geographical position makes Rodas an island to which neighboring empires and nations want to make their own. Thus, she was besieged on several occasions by the Ottoman Turks, who were sometimes expelled but who managed to take the Byzantine Rhodes inhabited by the Knights of Jerusalem, In the sixteenth century. The gentlemen who had arrived in the fourteenth century embellished the city incorporating elements of the Gothic in its architecture. At the beginning of the 20th century the island was annexed to Italy, that I keep the buildings of the period of the Knights and the previous, demolishing every monument and buildings built by the Turks. A period of growth begins. The island was in the hands of Germany and Great Britain. After World War II, It was finally annexed to Greece.
A walk through the medieval city of Rodas, declared by the UNESCO as a World Heritage in 1988.
Arise It is the capital of the island that bears his name. With the arrival of the Romans in the second century ac, The city of Rhodes happens to be part of the Roman province of Asia. On the banks of this city was the statue that represented the God Helios known as the Rhodes colossus, One of the seven wonders of the ancient world, sculpted by the artist CAIRS OF BEAUTIFUL In the fourth century BC. In the third century AC, The work was demolished by an earthquake, The place he occupied is today indicated by other sculptures of lower dimensions.
During the Byzantine period Rodas continues to develop culturally and commercially and although it was taken by the Arabs later returns to Byzantine hands. At the end of the Middle Ages also the Hospital gentlemen They inhabited, suffering at this time the city various invasions and attacks by the Turks who could be dejected. The city strengthens its fortification. It was besieged again by the Turks in the 16th century, fact that results in the departure of the hospital knights of Rodas, being held by Ottoman.
Touring the city of Medieval from Rhodes can take us a morning. If we also want to visit the museums and monuments, Our tour could take us one day, Although the beauty and pleasant atmosphere that is breathed in the city will surely invite us to return, That will depend on the concerns of each visitor and the time we have, since the island offers other beautiful cities to know and enjoy, as well as the cultural and natural heritage with which it has.
Monuments and sites to visit in the city of Rodas
– Calle de los Caballeros (Ippoton): About this street of 200 meters long and 6 meters wide, that takes us to the Gran Maestre Palace, The homes that housed the gentlemen who made up the order according to the nation to which they belonged. It is a very well preserved medieval street that constitutes itself, A high -patrimonial value monument. On this street is the hospital of the Knights, today archaeological museum.
– Los Caballeros Hospital – Archeological Museum: In this Gothic building, works of art as well as various findings of the Kamiros eos are exposed, that together with the magnificent mosaics they make the visit more than. The building itself with its cloister makes up a valuable monument.
– Grand Master Palace: It is also known as El Castillo and in it various exhibitions are currently held. DATA OF THE XIV CENTURY. It was rebuilt after an explosion when the island was part of Italy, taking the medieval characteristics that it presents today. We will also find beautiful mosaics by relisting their soils.
– Medieval clock tower
– Solimán Mosque
– Greek Orthodox Church - Church of Our Lady
– The Shalom Synagogue sides
– Port and Coastal Paseo: It is advisable. The place where the famous colossus of Rhodes had been shown from this splashing.
– Rodas acropolis: Some of its main monuments are preserved, Like the Apollo sanctuary, Pythius, a Doric temple and theater, Restored and used today for various concerts. It is located on Mount Smith and offers magnificent and unmissable views.
Leaving the city of Rhodes and driving some 50 km south east by rodou cute/eo95, We will arrive at the city of Beautiful. City that is impossible not to visit. It is an absolutely recommended walk and that can sue us a whole day, Maybe a little more, If we want, In addition to visiting the town and the acropolis, Enjoy the natural beauty offered by its wonderful crystalline waters.
Beautiful It was a city founded and developed around the 12th century with the arrival of the Doria to whom they immediately understood the strategic place that the island occupies for the development of commercial routes and link between the East and West. Together with cute the cities of Epico Y Camiros, Thus these three cities together with Halicarnso and Cnido in Caria and the island of Cos formed the call HEXAPOLIS DORICA, which was very prosper thanks to the trade made with Egypt, Crete and Syria. They possessed their own constitution and went through democratic and oligarchic periods, It would disappear under Roman domain, Towards the second century AC. At 405 AC found a new city on the island, The city of Rhodes.
Already from the way you start enjoying the city of cute. The vegetation flanks the paths and routes and the views are wonderful as it progresses.
The cute beach It opens on a wonderful transparent waters that magnify their emerald and turquoise green colors according to how they radiate the sun's rays. Climbing from the town to the acropolis or going down from the town to the beach, The views obtained from it are incredible and it becomes impossible not to stop us to appreciate and enjoy such an impressive natural wealth.
THE PEOPLE OF CUTE offers, Incredible corners, With their narrow balloons, Its places, Its white houses nuanced with the colorful products offered by shops that open to the road.
A small white church with reddish roof and white walls will also attract our attention.
Uploading a winding road from the town, We will get to the Cute acropolis, Way that can be done on foot or on a donkey loin. It is interesting to stop when making the way to appreciate the beautiful views of the beaches and coves, views that will be appreciated in its entirety from the acropolis.
This citadel that crowns the city was expanded and fortified by the various civilizations that inhabited the region. So we will find Greek features, Romans, Byzantine and Ottoman. It is a natural defense point due to privileged location. It is surrounded by a Helena wall that dates from the same time as the propyleums and access staircase. During the Middle Ages it did not have great development and falls in part in disuse. Later in the fourteenth century the Knights of San Juan fortify the area to defend themselves from Ottoman attacks.
Cute was an important center for trade, situation that was decreasing after the foundation of the city of Rodas in the 5th century.
In the Acropolis We will find important monuments such as the temple of Athena Lindia of the fourth century, located at the most prominent point. It is a Doric temple with four -column porches on each of its minor sides, similar to Athenian. It was built on the remains of an existing temple.
Other typical monuments are present in the acropolis of cute such as the Greek Stoa with 42 columns, backed by a five -door wall and to which it is up after ascending by a large staircase. There are also remains of a Roman temple and a castle built by the Knights of San Juan in the fourteenth century on remains of Byzantine defense buildings. Also here the Greek Church of San Juan built on an existing temple.
Other visit points in the acropolis:
– Tank
– EXIDER
– Byzantine tower
– PSYTHYROS Temple
– Real patio
– Portico
Theater, located south of the acropolis, It is also a point of interest and visit.
Leaving cute and crossing the island towards the north-west, to some 70 km, We will get to the Kamiros acropolis where you can see the vestiges of a temple dedicated to Athena, The Hellenistic Stoa, Agora, a reservoir that denotes the infrastructure for water supply with which the place had, and homes that in various excavations have been revealed. The archaeological site also suffered the consequences of the earthquake of 226 aC.
Epico
North of the island and about 7km from the city of Rhodes, It is the city of Epico With its magnificent beaches. To the south of the same ascend on the chileros hill (Pillar) Where we will find your acropolis. Here are remains of buildings from the different cultures that inhabited the island over the years. The vestiges of the Temple of Athena Polias dated in the third year and built on a previous century can be observed. Also a basilica corresponding to the first Christian period built on the remains of the old tempo. One of the most important and best preserved buildings is that of the medieval church built together with the monastery in the 10th century.
The walk through the Philerh Hill, and his acropolis, Monastery and monuments, I could sue us one morning or an afternoon, performing it with peace of mind and enjoying in addition to the archaeological park, the natural beauty and calm that it offers, also taking advantage to observe the royal turkeys that walk along with the visitor as hosts of the place.
Once the visit to the Archeological Park has been made, go down from the pHileros hill to the beaches of Epico Where to take a break, It can be an excellent idea.
The tour of the island will take us through different paths that those with an adventurous spirit invite you to discover much more than we imagine. The island offers endless possibilities for all types of visitors. Rodas is one of those walks in which it is possible to learn, discover and enjoy visits to archaeological sites, museums and cities while allowing a time of tranquility on some quiet beaches.
A tip for lovers of kitesurfing… They will find winds conducive to such an exciting sport for example in the bay of Fanes to 25 km of Rhodes in the north-west of the island.
Thanks to the fact that it has been occupied by such diverse cultures and peoples, The island of Arise today offers an incredible and more than interesting heritage and cultural wealth added to it the natural beauty that the crystalline waters of its beaches, its parks and their forests. A highly recommended visit for the whole family.
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