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![<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/tedesco57/">tedesco57</a> posted a photo:</p>
<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/tedesco57/54337917613/" title="Terrace Bar taken from the Acropolis opposite...Lindos & Acropolis, Rhodes, Greece"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/54337917613_917ef5208c_m.jpg" width="240" height="180" alt="Terrace Bar taken from the Acropolis opposite...Lindos & Acropolis, Rhodes, Greece" /></a></p>
<p>Lindos (/ˈlɪndɒs/; Ancient Greek: Λίνδος) is an archaeological site, a fishing village and a former municipality on the island of Rhodes, in the Dodecanese, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform, it is part of the municipality Rhodes, of which it is a municipal unit.[2] The municipal unit has an area of 178.9 km2.[3] It lies on the east coast of the island. It is about 40 km south of the city of Rhodes and its fine beaches make it a popular tourist and holiday destination. Lindos is situated in a large bay and faces the fishing village and small resort of Charaki.<br />
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History<br />
Main article: Lindus<br />
According to myth, Lindos was founded by the Dorians led by the king Tlepolemus of Rhodes, who arrived in about the 10th century BC. It was one of six Dorian cities in the area known as the Dorian Hexapolis. The eastern location of Rhodes made it a natural meeting place between the Greeks and the Phoenicians, and by the 8th century Lindos was a major trading centre. In the 6th century it was ruled by Cleobulus, one of the Seven Sages of Greece. The importance of Lindos declined after the foundation of the city of Rhodes in the late 5th century BC.<br />
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In classical times the acropolis of Lindos was dominated by the massive temple of Athena Lindia, which attained its final form in around 300 BC. In Hellenistic and Roman times the temple precinct grew as more buildings were added. In early medieval times these buildings fell into disuse, and in the 14th century they were partly overlaid by a large fortress built on the acropolis by the Knights of St John to defend the island against the Ottomans.<br />
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Acropolis<br />
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The acropolis<br />
Above the modern town rises the acropolis of Lindos, a natural citadel which was fortified successively by the Greeks, the Romans, the Byzantines, the Knights of St John and the Ottomans. This makes the site difficult to excavate and interpret archaeologically. The acropolis has views of the surrounding harbours and coastline.<br />
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On the acropolis of Lindos today parts of the following buildings may still be seen:<br />
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Rhodian trireme<br />
The Doric Temple of Athena Lindia, dating from about 300 BC, built on the site of an earlier temple. Inside the temple is the table of offerings and the base of the cult statue of Athena.<br />
The Propylaea of the Sanctuary, also dating from the 4th century BC. A monumental staircase leads to a D-shaped stoa and a wall with five door openings.<br />
The Hellenistic stoa with lateral projecting wings, dating from about 200 BC. The stoa was 87 metres long and consisted of 42 columns.<br />
The well-known relief of a Rhodian trireme (warship) cut into the rock at the foot of the steps leading to the acropolis. On the bow stood a statue of General Hagesander, the work of the sculptor Pythokritos. The relief dates from about 180 BC.<br />
The Hellenistic staircase (2nd century BC) leading to the main archaeological area of the acropolis.<br />
Remains of a Roman temple, possibly dedicated to the Emperor Diocletian and dating from about 300 AD.<br />
The Acropolis is surrounded by a Hellenistic wall contemporary with the Propylaea and the stairway leading to the entrance to the site. A Roman inscription says that the wall and square towers were repaired at the expense of P Aelius Hagetor, the priest of Athena in the 2nd century AD.<br />
The Castle of the Knights of St John, built some time before 1317 on the foundations of older Byzantine fortifications. The walls and towers follow the natural conformation of the cliff. A pentagonal tower on the south side commanded the harbour, the settlement and the road from the south of the island. There was a large round tower on the east facing the sea and two more, one round and the other on a corner, on the northeast side of the enceinte. Today one of the towers at the southwest corner and one to the west survive.<br />
The Greek Orthodox Church of St John, dating from the 13th or 14th century and built on the ruins of a previous church, which may have been built as early as the 6th century.<br />
Some scenes of the well-known film, The Guns of Navarone, were filmed here....Wikipedia</p>](https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/54337917613_917ef5208c_s.jpg)
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<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/140544530@N06/54330880406/" title="Greek Tortoise"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/54330880406_8900d2c758_m.jpg" width="240" height="160" alt="Greek Tortoise" /></a></p>
<p>The Greek tortoise (Testudo graeca), also known commonly as the spur-thighed tortoise[1] or Moorish tortoise, is a species of tortoise in the family Testudinidae. Testudo graeca is one of five species of Mediterranean tortoises (genera Testudo and Agrionemys). The other four species are Hermann's tortoise (T. hermanni), the Egyptian tortoise (T. kleinmanni), the marginated tortoise (T. marginata), and the Russian tortoise (A. horsfieldii). The Greek tortoise is a very long-lived animal, achieving a lifespan upwards of 125 years, with some unverified reports up to 200 years.[4] It has the largest known genome of all reptiles.</p>](https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/54330880406_8900d2c758_s.jpg)
