Old Rhodes Town
(Click to enlarge and cross your fingers!)
Sunday mornings on holiday, after I've been to church, I always like to walk around the edge of the Old Town and look over the walls.
The Moat was always dry apparently but was still a formidable barrier to attack. Now it's landscaped with grass, palm trees and pines and you can walk through it.
There are 4 kilometres of defensive walls developed by The Knights of St John mainly as a defence against the Turks in the 1480s.
This was yet another day in May where there was not a cloud in that heavenly blue sky!
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The Moat was always dry apparently but was still a formidable barrier to attack. Now it's landscaped with grass, palm trees and pines and you can walk through it.
There are 4 kilometres of defensive walls developed by The Knights of St John mainly as a defence against the Turks in the 1480s.
This was yet another day in May where there was not a cloud in that heavenly blue sky!
Want to join in Skywatch Friday? We'd love to see your pictures.
Just go to the Skywatch website.
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Beautiful place! The walls are well kept and this is a fantastic photo that captures it all.
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Alexander
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Beautiful and it enlarge, it enlarge. Guess you did something right.
ReplyDeleteWhat a wonderful place. Loved seeing this picture.
ReplyDeleteOld Rhodes Town is a great wonder, how did it last so long.
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Just beautiful!
ReplyDeleteHmmm! Rhodes must be some place worthwhile visiting. You are the second Blogger I know that went there for a vacation. Thanks for sharing the history behind your photo. It makes it all that much more interesting.
ReplyDeleteDefinitely on my list of places to visit! And I really love your masthead photo, stunning.
ReplyDeleteIt sounds like a very interesting place, I would love to visit sometime.
ReplyDeleteGreat photo for SWF. Have a wonderful weekend.
What a beautiful photo and it enlarged perfectly. I envy you being able to see all of that history! Carmon
ReplyDeleteGreat shor. Brings back great memories of Rhodes.
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ReplyDeleteBeautiful place... Beautiful pic... :) Nice blog... :)
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Hi Winifred, Just popped over from Rudee's blog. What a lovely pic of Rhodes Town. Sometimes I really miss Europe and all the beautiful old architecture.
ReplyDeleteI love this picture Winifred! I also have had some trouble with enlarging photos. It comes and goes though.
ReplyDeleteHow beautiful...enjoy for me too ok?! We've nothing like that in our part of the world.
ReplyDeleteWhat a lovely photograph. And enlarged it is even more lovely. Where is Sir Lancelot? I expected to see him riding by on his shiny black horse. ;)
ReplyDeleteGreat photography, you live in a beautiful part of the country. Thank you for sharing with us.
ReplyDeleteI am glad to see you are having a lovely summer. It has been raining in Maine since April, no drought here. I am afraid summer will be very short this year.
Lovely piccie and it's a wonderful old town. I inherited a painting from my grandma of the harbour and I love it.
ReplyDeleteLovely to see the picture of Rhodes as i have never been to that part of the world.
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