History of lindos rhodes greece - rodos rhodos dodecanese

LINDOS HISTORY

Here Cleoboulos, one of the seven sages of ancient Greece lived and ruled.

While Rome was a small Etruscan village, Lindos was a centre of civilized life, or art and culture.

The temple of LINDIA Athena was built by Cleoboulos in 550 B.C. and rebuild in the 3rd century B.C. in the form you see today.

The Apostole Paul was ship-wrecked at Lindos, founded the Rhodian church, and gave his name to St.Paul's Bay.

When the Hellenistic and Byzantine world fell to the Saracen invasions, the knights of St.John occupied the island.

They fortified the Acropolis, incorporating the old Byzantine church which is still visible.

The church in the village, dedicated to Assumption of our Lady ( Panaghia ) was built by the knights in the 14th century and frescoed by Gregorio of Symi in the traditional style in 1779.

The fascination of Lindos depends on the layering of the centuries each providing a distinctive flavour, the ancient Greeks, the knights, the houses of the 18th century ship masters, the restaurants and shops of today.

PLACES TO VISIT

Our Beautiful Beaches

The Acropolis ( Reached either by foot or on a donkey ).

The Ancient Amphitheatre ( At the foot of the Acropolis above St.Paul's bay ).

The Tomb of Cleoboulos ( On the headland at the far side of the bay ).

The church ( On the center of the village ).

The Necropolis ( Above the square ).