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Mandraki is the capital of the island municipality of Nisyros in Greece. [2] It is the largest settlement on the island. It is also the harbour of the island and contains many of the island's facilities of tourism such as hotels and apartments. The population is 791 (2021). [1]
The Mandraki (in Greek Μανδράκι) was the military harbour and was guarded by a tower built between 1464 and 1467 by the Grand Master Zacosta at the end of the natural mole. After the siege of Rhodes in 1480 the Grand Master d'Aubusson added a bastion around the tower transforming it into a guard fortress on the sea.
The Colossus of Rhodes straddling over the harbor, painting by Ferdinand Knab, 1886. The Colossus of Rhodes (Ancient Greek: ὁ Κολοσσὸς Ῥόδιος, romanized: ho Kolossòs Rhódios; Modern Greek: Κολοσσός της Ρόδου, romanized: Kolossós tis Ródou) [a] was a statue of the Greek sun god Helios, erected in the city of Rhodes, on the Greek island of the same name, by ...
Further east is the small bay known as Mandraki, the secondary harbour of the island. West of the town, beyond the summit of the island known as Vigla (270 m), stands Palaiokastro (old castle), the island's ancient acropolis.
Mandracchio of Ancona near the Lazzaretto. A mandracchio is a small sheltered harbour reserved for the mooring of small boats and fishing vessels. [1]Many mandracchios are found in Italy, including at Ancona, Genoa, La Spezia and Muggia.
Historic gelato-colored houses line the harbor — which is now filled with super yachts and pleasure boats — each painted in a symbolic motif that offers clues as to the earliest inhabitants ...
Built by the French, this lighthouse is situated atop St. Elmo tower in St. Nicholas Fortress in Mandraki Harbor. Its flashing, white light was able to be seen 14 miles (23 kilometres) away. The tower, made of masonry, was rebuilt in 2007. The lantern was also refitted and restored. It now contains a 300mm optic (produced by the Tideland ...
The Church of the Annunciation at Mandraki (the main harbour of Rhodes) was built under the Italian architect Florestano Di Fausto between 1924 and 1929, reconstructing what was then believed to be the form of the Church of St John. [30]