2778 x 4183 px | 23,5 x 35,4 cm | 9,3 x 13,9 inches | 300dpi
Date de la prise de vue:
18 juillet 2008
Informations supplémentaires:
Rhodes. Greece. Ornate gothic arches line the stunning internal courtyard of the gothic Knights hospital in the Old Town. The hospital is now is the Archaeological Museum of Rhodes. Completed in 1484, the hospital was used in times of war to nurse the sick and injured from all over Christian Europe. The old town is a UNESCO world heritage listed site and the best preserved, oldest and largest living medieval city in Europe. The 4km defensive walls were built by the Knights of St John during the 13th to 15th century to defend Western Europe against the expanding Ottoman Empire. Within the walls are a medieval warren of small alleyways and magnificent historical buildings. The island of Rhodes is the largest of the Dodecanese Island group and one of the most popular Greek Islands.
