Lindos
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Lindos is an archaeological site, a fishing village and a former municipality on the island of Rhodes, in the Dodecanese, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform, it is part of the municipality
Aerial view of Lindos
The acropolis
Rhodian trireme
View to the Acropolis
Knights Hospitaller
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The Order of Knights of the Hospital of Saint John of Jerusalem, commonly known as the Knights Hospitaller, is a Catholic military order. It was founded in the crusader Kingdom of Jerusalem in the 12t
Lindos
…medieval times these buildings fell into disuse, and in the 14th century they were partly overlaid by a large fortress built on the acropolis by the Knights of St John to defend the island against the Ottomans. Above the modern town rises the acropolis of Lindos, a natural citadel which was fortified successively by…
Pie postulatio voluntatis. Bull issued by Pope Paschal II in 1113 in favour of the Order of St. John of Jerusalem, which was to transform what was a community of pious men into an institution within the Church. By virtue of this document, the pope officially recognized the existence of the new organisation as an operative and militant part of the Roman Catholic Church, granting it papal protection and confirming its properties in Europe and Asia.
Knights Hospitaller in Jerusalem
Krak des Chevaliers, a castle acquired by the Hospitallers in Syria
Maronite archer guiding a Knight Hospitaller and Northern Italian Crusader through Wadi Numeira to the Kerak plateau