Rhodes Town

Rhodes Town began to be built in ancient times as a joint project of three neighboring city-states tired of competing with each other. By the 3rd century BC, Rhodes Town had become the wealthiest port in the Eastern Mediterranean. In 292 BC, they erected a 33-meter bronze statue of the god Helios — the Colossus of Rhodes. In 1309, the Knights Hospitaller came to Rhodes Town and over 213 years turned the ancient city into the most powerful fortress in the Christian world.