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Museums in Rhodes town
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The
Great Master Palace,
Exhibition Centre
The
Great Master Palace is a roughly square building (80x75 m.), designed
around a large inner courtyard (50x40) m.. Built at the end of the 7
the century, to be used as a citadel of the Byzantine fortress, it
kept on playing its role during the Byzantine period and the period of
the Knights of St. John (1309-1522). The building was modified before
the Knights settled on the island.; In the first 25 years of XIV
century the Knights started restoring the Byzantine citadel and turned
it into the residence of the Great Master and into the administration
centre of their state.
Open all days from 8:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. Mondays from 12:30 p.m. to
8:00 p.m. Ph. Number 22410.31048
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Medieval Walls
Masterpiece of military architecture, these imposing walls run for 4
kms, presenting 151 armorial bearings of Great Masters and Knights.
Tour of the walls
Tuesdays and Saturdays from 2:30 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. |
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Exhibition of ancient and medieval Rhodes
Both these exhibitions are included in the guided visit to the Great
Master Palace. The exhibition on Medieval
Rhodes is entitled “Rhodes
from 4th century A.D. to the Turkish Conquest (1522)” and
offers an outlook of everyday life and business in the Medieval
Byzantine age, with contemporary icons, Italian and Spanish ceramics,
armours and military items. The section dedicated to the old times,
entitled “Ancient Rhodes: 2400 years” overlooks the inside courtyard.
It traces 45 years of archaeological researches on the island, with a
wonderful collection of finds.
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The Clock Tower
Attached to the Amboise Tower, the Clock Tower, now restored,
offers an amazing view. It was erected in 1852 in the place of a
Byzantine one and marks the border of the Collachium
Open all days. Entrance :€ 4.00, a drink included.
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The Hafiz Ahmet Aga Muslim Library
The
Muslim Library of Hafiz Ahmet Aga (1793) keeps a chronicle of the
siege of Rhodes in 1522. It is a collection of very rare Arabic and
Persian manuscripts, including skilfully miniated copies of the Koran,
dating back to XV and XVI centuries and given back to the library in
the early 1990s, after being stolen and found again in London.
Open from Monday to Saturday fro 9:30 a.m . to 4:00 p.m.
Orfeos St: Medieval Town.
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Hydrobiological Station – Aquarium of Rhodes
The building of the Hydrobiological Station of
Rhodes was erected
between 1934 and 1936. In 1937, under the Italian domination, it
operated as Royal Institute for Biological Research of
Rhodes until
1945 when, after the annexation of the Dodecanese to Greece, it was
given the new name of “Hellenic Hydrobiological Istitute” and worked
under the control of the Athens Academy. Today, the Hydrobiological
Station of Rhodes is a museum, an aquarium and also a Research
Centre and belongs to the National Centre of Marine Research: The
aim of the Hydrobiological Station of
Rhodes is the preservation and
the exhibition of the embalmed and living creatures of the
Mediterranean Sea
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The
visitors to the Aquarium (200.000 a year) can admire specimens of
anthozoa, molluscs (gastheropodes and cephalopods), several species
belonging to the family of the crab, echinoderms and the following
families of fish: Dasyiatidae, Mullidae, Sparidea, Centrachantidae,
Labridae, Scaridae, Siganidae, Mugilidae, Scopaenidae, Triglidae,
Balistidae, Monacanthidae, as well as turtles. Also shown in the
museum are several kinds of sharks and of other fish, turtles, toothed
whales (odontocetes), and seamonks of the Mediterranean Sea. Thanks to
the financial supports for research to the Hydrobiological Station of
Rhodes and to the National Centre for Marine Research, the Station
carries out plans of research concerning all aspects of Oceanography
in the area of the Dodecanese. It also plays the role of a Unit Centre
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