Rhodes, Greece
Fortifications of Rhodes
The fortifications of the town of Rhodes are shaped like a defensive crescent around the medieval town and consist mostly of a fortification composed of a huge wall made of an embankment encased in stone, equipped with scarp, bastions, moat, counterscarp and glacis. The portion of fortifications facing the harbour is instead composed of a crenellated wall. On the moles, towers and defensive forts are found.
- City
- Rhodes
- Country
- Greece
- Category
- Historic
- Suggested visit
- About 90 minutes
More places in Rhodes
- Colossus of Rhodes
- Aquarium of Rhodes
- Mehmet Agha Mosque
- Suleymaniye Mosque
- Acropolis of Rhodes
- Palace of the Grand Master of the Knights of Rhodes
Background: Wikipedia