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With a distance of 47km from the island capital, today’s most amazing Rhodes resort,Lindos has become a must.Displaying from an ancient Acropolis to the best restaurants in the island,the village of Lindos is charming with its cobblestone streets and white houses leaning towards the sea. Lindos travel guide, Lindos Sunset The Acropolis is reached through a series of steps, which can be ascended on donkeys.Don‘t be surprised to discover that from the outside the Acropolis does not betray its Hellenistic origins because the original complex was surrounded by a strong fortification in the Middle Ages by the Knights of St John, but inside are , propylaean ruins, the sanctuary of Athena and the Byzantine church of St John .The ruins of an ancient theatre have been discovered on the slope below the Acropolis. Besides its breath taking golden sandy beaches, its traditional houses and tavernas , the hospitality of the locals its wild night life the beautiful village of Lindos with a unique cultural importance has a wide range of monuments to display as well as a number of sites of highly important historical and cultural value making it the ideal holiday destination for those who expect a lot more from an island than just to enjoy the sun and the sea it has to offer. ![]() The visitor enters Lindos from the road of the North and arrives at the unique square of the village, with the impressive plane tree, watered by the fountain whose construction goes back to the period of the Knights. However, several ruins around remind to the modern visitor that in antiquity the place was full of aqueducts. Just before entering the village, the visitor comes across the cemetery of the old village, with the imposing church of Faneromeni, dedicated to Virgin Mary. Close enough there are also the remains of the Muslim cemetery, with few graves to survive up to now. Below the central square of the modern settlement there is the small church of Taxiarches Michael, Stratelates. Within a shallow niche it is preserved a post- Byzantine representation of Archangel Michael, carrying the souls to death (“Psychopompos”). There are also traces of earlier frescoes, going back to the Byzantine times. Western to the church, at the Muslim cemetery, it is preserved a shallow niche with the representation of a Saint on horseback, called Aghios Georgios o Kammenos (St. George the Burnt) and dated in the 15 th century. The parish church of Lindos is dedicated to Virgin Mary. It is an oblong building with an oblique aisle forming a cross. In 1489, the Grand Master Pierre d’ Aubusson sponsored the restoration of the older church and constructed a groin-vaulted vestibule. The Grand Master’s blazon is still visible at the southern part of the bell tower, beside the blazon of the commander of the castle, Pierre d’ Aymer. Several inscriptions are found on the church, the older of which is the one giving the date 1637. Some of the old frescoes of the church survived, but the majority of the painting is due to the painter Gregorios of Symi, who depicted the whole church in 1779.
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