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Museums in Rhodes Town
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Archological Musem.
Most archaeological finds of more significant importance for the
Islands of Dodecanese are collected in the Archaeological Museum of
Rhodes, originally built to be used as Major Hospital of the town
during the Knights of St. John’s domination (15th
century). The second hospital used by the Knights is now the seat of
the library of the Archaeological Institute. The visitors who enter
the ancient town from the port realise that the palace of the
museum occupies the whole visual
camp.
From the main entrance you can walk into the inner central yard,
where you can see the statue of a lion holding with its pawn a
bull’s head.
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Inside the building, you can find a wide collection of epitaphs
dating back to the post-classic, Hellenist, Roman and the Knights of
St John’s periods, as well as two reproductions of Aphrodite (the
smallest of which is known as Aphrodite of
Rhodes) and a wide
collection of urns and vases.
Open from Tuesday to Sunday (fro July 1st to October 31st)
from 8:00 .a.m. to 7:00 p.m.
Winter times:from 8:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.
Museum Square, Medieval town. Ph. Number 22410.27657
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Museum of Decoration Art
The Museum of Decoration Art of
Rhodes is situated in Argiyrokastrou
Square, a few metres away from the Municipal Art Gallery. Even
though it is a rather small building, it houses a very fine
collection of ceramics, fabrics and carpets, pieces of carved wood
and embroideries, besides traditional costumes, tools and pieces of
furniture.
Open from Tuesday to Sunday, fro 8:00 a.m. to 2:40 p.m.
Argyrokastrou Square, Medieval town,
Ph. Number
22410.23766. |
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Museum of Modern Greek Art
Open from Tuesday to Saturday, (from 8:00 .a.m. to 2:00 p.m. and
from 6:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m.)
G.
Haritou Sq.
(100 Palms) ph. Number 22410.43780/82 |
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Museum of Byzantine Art
The
Virgin of the Castle Church (Panagia tou Kastrou), one of the major
buildings of the old town of
Rhodes. Situated at the beginning of the
Knights Street, it houses the Byzantine Museum of
Rhodes. Built at
the early 11th century A.D, its architectural structure has
a cross-shaped base surmounted by a dome, with the western arm of the
cross longer than the other ones. Until 1309, when the island was
given to the Order of the Knights of St. John of Jerusalem, it was the
Byzantine cathedral of Rhodes. It was later turned into the Roman
Catholic cathedral, an event also mentioned in a Papal bull of 1322
Open from Tuesday to Sunday ,from 8:30 .a.m. to 2:40 p.m.
The
Museum Square, medieval town, Ph. Number 22410.75674.
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Contemporary Art Centre and St. Apostles Church (15th
century)
It collects old maps, plans and historical prints describing the
Aegean Sea and the Dodecanese.
Museum open from Tuesday to Saturday from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Church open from Monday to Sunday from 11:00 a,m. to 14:15 p.m.
Sokratous Str., 179; ph. Number 22410.77071 |
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Municipal Gallery
The Municipal Gallery of Rhodes was inaugurated in 1962 by Andreas Joannou, a student from the Greek School of Painting who was the
Prefect of Dodecanese in those days. The Gallery houses today one of
the most representative and authoritative collections of the Greek
paintings of the 20th century. Most of the Greek painters
who have creatively worked in the last nine decades, developing the
features of the Greek modern art, are represented in this collection
through some of their most outstanding works
Open from Tuesday to Saturday, from 8:00 .a.m. to 2:00 p.m. and from
6.00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.
Symi Square 2, Medieval town, ph. Number 22410.23766E |
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