Rodos

This cathedral, from the 1300s, was built by the Knights of the Order of Saint John. The knights were on Rodos for two hundred years. Originally, they were founded in Jerusalem during the First Crusade (1096) to protect pilgrims traveling to the Holy Land.
This shrine, in a niche in the wall, is typically Greek Orthodox.
This building, which houses the Archaeological Museum, was originally the Hospital of the Knights.
The Knights of St. John were the first to institute separate beds and eating utensils for patients.
This is the 700-year-old Street of the Knights, where they lived, between the harbor and the Palace of the Grand Masters.
The Palace of the Grand Masters.
Time to take a break in a little café.
Another typical café.
Typical Greek houses.

The island is about 45 miles long and 20 miles wide, and it has more than 800 churches and monasteries.
This is the Byzantine chapel of St. Nicholas Foutoukli.

The frescoes were commissioned by the father of three children who died by plague in the 1300s.
A typical shrine along the roadside.

A typical icon in a church, with prayer cards that people have left.
This is the acropolis town of Líndos, inhabited since 3000 BC - with a complimentary full double rainbow.
You can take the donkey taxi through the city streets.
It requires a big pooper-scooper.
We walked up.
The fortress-city is built right into the rocks.

This is the Temple of Athena, from the 4th century BC.

This is St. Paul's Bay, where he came ashore in 43 AD to spread Christianity.
This is Moní Thárri - the oldest monastery on the island, from the 9th century.
The monks used to bake bread in this oven, a system still used throughout the island.
This is the ancient town of Kameiros, where more than 400 families flourished in 500 BC.
At the top of the hill is the Temple of Athena.
This is the mountaintop monastery of Moní Skiádi. We came here during a torrential rainstorm, in search of an icon from the 15th century, which has been known to cry real tears - so pilgrims travel from around the world to see it.
Due to renovation on the church, the icon was lying on a table by the front door. I grabbed it and said to Ron, "Here, hold this 'miraculous icon' while I take a photo!" We were both a little overwhelmed.
Time to take another break, in a seaside restaurant. it's good to go HOME back to SITE-SEEING

This cathedral, from the 1300s, was built by the Knights of the Order of Saint John. The knights were on Rodos for two hundred years. Originally, they were founded in Jerusalem during the First Crusade (1096) to protect pilgrims traveling to the Holy Land.

This shrine, in a niche in the wall, is typically Greek Orthodox.

This building, which houses the Archaeological Museum, was originally the Hospital of the Knights.

The Knights of St. John were the first to institute separate beds and eating utensils for patients.

This is the 700-year-old Street of the Knights, where they lived, between the harbor and the Palace of the Grand Masters.

The Palace of the Grand Masters.

Time to take a break in a little café.

Another typical café.

Typical Greek houses.

The island is about 45 miles long and 20 miles wide, and it has more than 800 churches and monasteries.

This is the Byzantine chapel of St. Nicholas Foutoukli.

The frescoes were commissioned by the father of three children who died by plague in the 1300s.

A typical shrine along the roadside.

A typical icon in a church, with prayer cards that people have left.

This is the acropolis town of Líndos, inhabited since 3000 BC - with a complimentary full double rainbow.

You can take the donkey taxi through the city streets.

It requires a big pooper-scooper.

We walked up.

The fortress-city is built right into the rocks.

This is the Temple of Athena, from the 4th century BC.

This is St. Paul's Bay, where he came ashore in 43 AD to spread Christianity.

This is Moní Thárri - the oldest monastery on the island, from the 9th century.

The monks used to bake bread in this oven, a system still used throughout the island.

This is the ancient town of Kameiros, where more than 400 families flourished in 500 BC.

At the top of the hill is the Temple of Athena.

This is the mountaintop monastery of Moní Skiádi. We came here during a torrential rainstorm, in search of an icon from the 15th century, which has been known to cry real tears - so pilgrims travel from around the world to see it.

Due to renovation on the church, the icon was lying on a table by the front door. I grabbed it and said to Ron, "Here, hold this 'miraculous icon' while I take a photo!" We were both a little overwhelmed.

Time to take another break, in a seaside restaurant.

it's good to go HOME

back to SITE-SEEING