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  2. Palace of the Grand Master of the Knights of Rhodes

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    During the Italian rule of Rhodes, the Ottoman-era structures of the former palace were demolished and the authorities asked architect Vittorio Mesturino, a recognized expert of medieval architecture and historical preservation, to design the reconstruction of the palace as well as in the nearby Street of the Knights of Rhodes. Despite the lack ...

  3. Hospitaller Rhodes - Wikipedia

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    The Knights' castle at Rhodes. At Rhodes, the resident knights of each langue were headed by a baili. The English Grand Prior at the time was Philip De Thame, who acquired the estates allocated to the English langue from 1330 to 1358. In 1334, the Knights of Rhodes defeated Andronikos III Palaiologos and his Turkish auxiliaries. In the 14th ...

  4. Holy Trinity church, Rhodes - Wikipedia

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    In its original form, the church was single-room building and was probably covered by a single arch. [2]The church on Knights Street. The coat of arms of the Holy See, framed by the coat of arms of England, can be seen on the eaves of the main entrance, located on the Street of the Knights in the medieval town of Rhodes, in the northeast of the island.

  5. Knights Hospitaller - Wikipedia

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    Street of Knights in Rhodes The Knights' castle at Rhodes. After the fall of the Kingdom of Jerusalem in 1291 (the city of Jerusalem had fallen in 1187), the Knights were confined to the County of Tripoli and, when Acre was captured in 1291, the order sought refuge in the Kingdom of Cyprus.

  6. Panagia tou Kastrou - Wikipedia

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    It is the oldest and largest surviving Byzantine church inside the medieval town of Rhodes. [2] The church of Panagia tou Kastrou is located at the eastern end of the Street of the Knights, in the Kollakio of the medieval city, near the seaport. The original core of the building was a cruciform inscribed with dome type; this architectural style ...

  7. Fortifications of Rhodes - Wikipedia

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    The Avenue of the Knights. The medieval town contains a number of different architectural styles, due to its history. The town mostly developed under the Knights of St John, which accounts for its predominantly Gothic architecture. However, after the second Siege of Rhodes the medieval town was also developed in the Ottoman era.

  8. Rhodes (city) - Wikipedia

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    The Knights continued naval attacks launched from Rhodes on Muslim merchants until 1522, when the newly enthroned Sultan Suleiman the Magnificent led a second Ottoman Siege of Rhodes in 1522. The vastly outnumbered Knights made a spirited defense of the city and inflicted heavy casualties upon the Ottoman besiegers. In December 1522, the ...

  9. Rhodes - Wikipedia

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    Rhodes has several nicknames, such as "Island of the Sun" due to its patron sun god Helios, "The Pearl Island", and "The Island of the Knights", named after the Knights of Saint John of Jerusalem, who ruled the island from 1310 to 1522. [3] Historically, Rhodes was famous for the Colossus of Rhodes, one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World.