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Hospitaller Fortifications, Lindos and Rhodes

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URI
http://hdl.handle.net/1721.3/108787
Date
1309-1522
Description
View at the top of the wall, showing crenellations and niches for cannons; The Knights Hospitaller, however, who had captured Rhodes from the Greeks in 1309, retained the tripartite division of the Byzantine settlement and improved its fortifications. The citadel in the north-west corner was transformed into the Grand Master's Palace. The Hospitallers also improved the defences of the commercial harbour (the emborio) with the addition of walls, towers and a chain blocking the entrance. A bay to the north, known as Mandraki, sheltered the arsenal. Outside Rhodes town the Hospitallers refortified ancient citadels and built castles and towers around the island, on rocky hilltops on or near the coast (e.g. Archangelos, Feraklos, Lindos, Apolakkia, Monolithos). Stretches of castle and tower walls still stand to impressive heights, some even preserving their crenellations. Source: Grove Art Online; http://www.groveart.com/ (accessed 1/25/2008)
Type of Work
city gate; fortification
Subject
architectural exteriors, military, war, Crusades, Knights of Malta, Crusader (style), Medieval
Rights
© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.
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