Wednesday, February 18, 2009

Rhodes Port and Castle, Greece


Greece-4, originally uploaded by Abhishek's Received Postcards.


Rhodes is the principal city of the Greek island of Rhodes, in the southeastern Aegean Sea, and the capital of the Dodecanese prefecture. Its has a population of approximately 80,000. Rhodes has been famous since antiquity as the site of Colossus of Rhodes, one of the Seven Wonders of the World. The citadel of Rhodes, built by the Hospitalliers, is one of the best preserved medieval towns in Europe.

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