Medieval City of Rhodes

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UNESCO World Heritage Site historic city tourist attraction walled city

The Medieval City of Rhodes is a remarkably well-preserved fortified old town on the island of Rhodes, renowned for its Crusader-era architecture and blend of Byzantine, Ottoman, and Italian influences.

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Observed surface forms (9)

Surface form Occurrences
Old Town of Rhodes 4
Medieval City of Rhodes UNESCO World Heritage Site 2
Rhodes Old Town 2

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ
historic city ⓘ
tourist attraction ⓘ
walled city ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Medieval City of Rhodes ⓘ
surface form: Medieval Town of Rhodes

Medieval City of Rhodes ⓘ
surface form: Old Town of Rhodes
architecturalStyle Byzantine architecture ⓘ
Gothic architecture ⓘ
Italianate architecture ⓘ
Ottoman architecture ⓘ
builder Knights Hospitaller ⓘ
continent Europe ⓘ
country Greece ⓘ
fortificationType bastioned walls ⓘ
moat ⓘ
founded late 4th century BC ⓘ
governingBody Municipality of Rhodes ⓘ
hasCityWall yes ⓘ
heritageDesignation UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ
historicalInfluence Byzantine Empire ⓘ
Kingdom of Italy ⓘ
Knights Hospitaller ⓘ
Ottoman Empire ⓘ
inscribedBy UNESCO World Heritage Programme ⓘ
surface form: UNESCO World Heritage Committee
locatedIn Aegean Sea ⓘ
Dodecanese ⓘ
Rhodes ⓘ
Dodecanese ⓘ
surface form: South Aegean
notableStructure Clock Tower of Rhodes ⓘ
Palace of the Grand Master of the Knights of Rhodes ⓘ
surface form: Fortifications of Rhodes

Hospital of the Knights ⓘ
Marine Gate ⓘ
Palace of the Grand Master of the Knights of Rhodes ⓘ
Street of the Knights ⓘ
partOf Medieval City of Rhodes self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: City of Rhodes
periodOfSignificance Crusader period ⓘ
primaryReligionHistorical Christianity ⓘ
Islam ⓘ
significantDevelopmentPeriod 14th century ⓘ
15th century ⓘ
16th century ⓘ
tourismImportance major international tourist destination ⓘ
UNESCOCriteria ii ⓘ
iv ⓘ
UNESCOInscriptionYear 1988 ⓘ
UNESCORegion Europe and North America ⓘ
UNESCOShortDescription one of the best-preserved medieval fortified cities in Europe ⓘ
UNESCOSiteType Cultural ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageSiteId 493 ⓘ

Referenced by (27)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Greece → UNESCOWorldHeritageSite → Medieval City of Rhodes ⓘ
island of Rhodes → UNESCOWorldHeritageStatus → Medieval City of Rhodes ⓘ
subject surface form: Rhodes
Municipality of Rhodes → administers → Medieval City of Rhodes ⓘ
this entity surface form: historic medieval city of Rhodes
Medieval City of Rhodes → alsoKnownAs → Medieval City of Rhodes ⓘ
this entity surface form: Old Town of Rhodes
Medieval City of Rhodes → alsoKnownAs → Medieval City of Rhodes ⓘ
this entity surface form: Medieval Town of Rhodes
Municipality of Rhodes → contains → Medieval City of Rhodes ⓘ
Municipality of Rhodes → hasHeritageSite → Medieval City of Rhodes ⓘ
island of Rhodes → hasHeritageSite → Medieval City of Rhodes ⓘ
subject surface form: Rhodes
Municipality of Rhodes → hasHistoricCenter → Medieval City of Rhodes ⓘ
World Heritage Sites in Greece → hasSite → Medieval City of Rhodes ⓘ
Dodecanese → hasUNESCOWorldHeritageSite → Medieval City of Rhodes ⓘ
Clock Tower of Rhodes → hasView → Medieval City of Rhodes ⓘ
this entity surface form: Rhodes Old Town
Municipality of Rhodes → heritageDesignation → Medieval City of Rhodes ⓘ
this entity surface form: UNESCO World Heritage Site (Medieval City of Rhodes)
this entity surface form: Medieval City of Rhodes UNESCO World Heritage Site
Rhodes → heritageSitePart → Medieval City of Rhodes ⓘ
Marine Gate → heritageStatus → Medieval City of Rhodes ⓘ
this entity surface form: UNESCO World Heritage Site (as part of the Medieval City of Rhodes)
Clock Tower of Rhodes → locatedIn → Medieval City of Rhodes ⓘ
Hospital of the Knights → locatedIn → Medieval City of Rhodes ⓘ
this entity surface form: Rhodes Old Town
Marine Gate → locatedIn → Medieval City of Rhodes ⓘ
this entity surface form: Old Town of Rhodes
this entity surface form: Old Town of Rhodes
Street of the Knights → locatedIn → Medieval City of Rhodes ⓘ
Street of the Knights → locatedIn → Medieval City of Rhodes ⓘ
this entity surface form: Old Town of Rhodes
Clock Tower of Rhodes → near → Medieval City of Rhodes ⓘ
this entity surface form: medieval walls of Rhodes
Marine Gate → partOf → Medieval City of Rhodes ⓘ
Medieval City of Rhodes → partOf → Medieval City of Rhodes self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: City of Rhodes
Street of the Knights → partOf → Medieval City of Rhodes ⓘ
this entity surface form: Medieval City of Rhodes UNESCO World Heritage Site