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Acropolis of Rhodes
The Acropolis of Rhodes was the site of the ancient Hellenistic city of Rhodes. The hill is named after the English admiral Sir Sydney Smith, who watched for Napoleon's fleet from here in 1802. It has superb views.
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Avenue of the Knights
An appropriate place to begin an exploration of the Old Town is the imposing cobblestone Avenue of the Knights where the knights lived. The knights were divided into seven 'tongues' or languages, according to their place of origin - England, France, Germany, Italy, Aragon, Auvergne and Provence - and each were responsible for protecting a section of the bastion. The Grand Master, who was in charge, lived in the palace, and each tongue was under the auspices of a bailiff.
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Chapelle Française
The Chapelle Française is embellished with a statue of the Virgin and Child.
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Inn of France
The Inn of France is the most ornate and distinctive of all the inns. On the opposite side of the street is a wrought-iron gate in front of a Turkish garden.
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Inn of Provence
The Inn of Provence has four coats of arms forming the shape of a cross.
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Kahal Shalom synagogue
Kahal Shalom synagogue, built in 1577, has a commemorative plaque to the many members of Hora's Jewish population who were sent to Auschwitz during the Nazi occupation. Jews still worship here and it is usually open in the morning.
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Mosque of Murad Reis
In the grounds of this graceful mosque are a Turkish cemetery and the Villa Cleobolus, where Lawrence Durrell lived in the 1940s, writing Reflections on a Marine Venus .
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Mosque of Süleyman
Bearing many legacies of its Ottoman past is the Hora (M0144). During Turkish times churches were converted to mosques, and many more Muslim houses of worship were built from scratch, although most are now dilapidated. The most important is the pink-domed Mosque of Süleyman (M0145) Built in 1522 to commemorate the Ottoman victory against the knights, it was renovated in 1808.
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Palace of Villiers de l'sle Adam
After Sultan Süleyman had taken the city, it was Villiers de l'sle who had the humiliating task of arranging the knights' departure from the island.
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