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The most important monument of the era of the Knights in Rhodes, is the Palace of the Great Magistrate. During the 1930’s, while under Italian occupation, the building acquired its modern form, being the commanding center as well as the house of the Italian Commander. The mosaic floors of the floor are amazing.
The most important monument of the era of the Knights in Rhodes, is the Palace of the Great Magistrate. During the 1930’s, while under Italian occupation, the building acquired its modern form, being the commanding center as well as the house of the Italian Commander. The mosaic floors of the floor are amazing.
In a part of the ground floor of the Palace, in consecutive rooms, the permanent exhibition of EBA entitled «Rhodes from the paleochristianic times until Turkish occupation (1522)» is housed. In this exhibition, you can see various findings of the digs that took place in the Medieval Town (ceramics, sculptures, murals, portable pictures, small scale art works etc.)
The permanent exhibition of EBA entitled «Rhodes from the paleochristianic times until Turkish occupation (1522)» was formed in 1993, and was housed in the ground floor of the Palace.
The exhibits were organized as follows: Introduction room (from ancient ideology to christianic), Economy, Daily Life, Defense – Government, Cultural Life, Religion – Art, Architecture.
The units are accompanied by extensive explanatory documents, as well as drawings of explanatory material, which enlighten some sides of the objects ant compose the historical data and the evolution of the city during the time from 4th century BC to the beginning of the Turkish rule.
The city of Heraklion in the Middle Ages it was known as the "Castle". Rightly named so because of that time was surrounded by walls. Remains of this wall are located scattered within the city.
The paleontological collection of the Municipality of Rethymnon, which consists of findings from excavations from all over the prefecture by German scientist Siegfired Kuss (University of Freiburg), will form the basis of the exhibition. The Goulandris foundation has been looking after this collection in collaboration with the University of Athens (Historical Geology and Palaeontology Faculty).
Indeed, the peak sanctuaries were the places where the Minoans imagined that their gods were living. They did not worship their gods in magnificent temples, such as those that have been built in the East. They practiced their religious in rural areas, in caves...
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