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Overview of site Monolithos Rhodes. Click to enlarge the image.Rhodes Monolithos fortress. Click to enlarge the image.Rhodes Monolithos fortress. Click to enlarge the image.

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View from Mount Akramitis Monolithos Rhodes. Click to enlarge the image.Seen from Castle monolithos. Click to enlarge the image.Monolithos village is perched on the hillsides covered with pine mountain Akramitis .

Location

1522 engraving of the castle of Monolithos Rhodes. Click to enlarge the image.The village of Monolithos (Μονόλιθος) is 70 km from the city of Rhodes on the road to the west and 121 km by road from the east.

Village Coordinates: Latitude: 36.130908 (36 ° 7 ’51.2 ") N, Longitude: 27.740028 (27 ° 44’ 24.1") E

Access to the city by road branching north of the village of Monolithos.

Castle: Coordinates: Latitude: 36.124565 (36 ° 7 ’28.4 ") E 27.725866 (27 ° 43’ 33.1") E

Near Monolithos, the beaches Provided (left), and Agios Georgios (right) are among the nicest on the island.

Monolithos, you can take the inner road that climbs the heights lace where she discovers spectacular scenery, including the portion between Arnitha and Messanagros.

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Castello Monolithos
From the village of Monolithos can see, 3 km south-east of the Castle Monolithos, the most impressive Venetian fortress of Rhodes . Built during the Byzantine period, it was restored in 1476 by ​​the Knights of St. John .
Overview of the fortress of Rhodes Monolithos. Click to enlarge the image.Rhodes Monolithos fortress. Click to enlarge the image.Rhodes Monolithos fortress. Click to enlarge the image.
Perched on a huge monolithic rock crag overlooking the sea from a height of 240 m, the castle of Monolithos used to monitor the southern part of the west coast of Rhodes.
Cliff fortress of Rhodes Monolithos. Click to enlarge the image.Deadly fortress in Rhodes Monolithos. Click to enlarge the image.
View of the coast north from the castle of Monolithos Rhodes. Click to enlarge the image.View of the coast south from the castle of Monolithos Rhodes. Click to enlarge the image.Cliff fortress of Rhodes Monolithos. Click to enlarge the image.
The view extends to the island of Halki .
Monolithos Castle in Rhodes. Click to enlarge the image.View from the fortress island of Rhodes Monolithos. Click to enlarge the image.
Remains strong in the fifteenth century chapel dedicated to St. Panteleimon (Ayos Pandeleimonas).
Chapel of the castle of Monolithos Rhodes. Click to enlarge the image.Chapel of Saint Panteleimon the fortress of Rhodes Monolithos. Click to enlarge the image.Chapel of Saint Panteleimon the fortress of Rhodes Monolithos. Click to enlarge the image.
Chapel of Saint Panteleimon the fortress of Rhodes Monolithos. Click to enlarge the image.
The ruins of two tanks are also visible.
Tank Monolithos Castle in Rhodes. Click to enlarge the image.Former chapel of the castle of Monolithos Rhodes. Click to enlarge the image.Former chapel of the castle of Monolithos Rhodes. Click to enlarge the image.
Former chapel of the castle of Monolithos Rhodes. Click to enlarge the image.Rhodes Monolithos fortress. Click to enlarge the image.Rhodes Monolithos fortress. Click to enlarge the image.
Monolithos Castle in Rhodes. Click to enlarge the image.Monolithos Castle in Rhodes. Click to enlarge the image.

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The parrot cafe near the castle of Monolithos Rhodes. Click to enlarge the image.The mascot of the coffee shop at the foot of the fortress.

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