Temple of Athena Polias and Zeus Polieus — Attraction in Municipality of Rhodes

The most important monuments of the archaeological site are:

Temple of Athena Polias and Zeus Polite: It is located at the North end of the Acropolis hill. It was oriented from A. to D. It was a Doric-style, gritty stand (that is, it had a porch with columns on the four outer sides). The nine oversized vertebrae, part of the capricorn and the epithelium, now on the ground, state its monumental character. Here the Bodians kept the texts of the treaties with the other states. The temple was part of a larger mosque to the east of the arcade.

"Nymphaea". They are to the east and south of the wall of the gallery. They are four underground cave structures carved into the rock with entrance stairs, corridors, communication and a large opening in the central part of their roof. In their inner sides there are niches for the placement of agalamides. Tanks and lush vegetation complemented the landscape. They were places of recreation and worship.

Conservatory. A small marble conservatory is restored to the northwest of the Stadium. It had a capacity of about 800 spectators and is believed to be used either for music events or as a venue for the lessons of the famous Rhodes Orators.

Pythios Apollo Temple: It is located on the south side of the hill, on the west side of a large rectangular plateau. It was A-D oriented. It was an old, kiosk, but smaller in size than the temple of Athena and Zeus. Part of its BA side has been restored with four columns and part of the column.

Stoic building: Today the wall of the foundation of the arcade is preserved, which should have created an impressive facade visible from the downtown and the harbors.

Artemisio: On the BA side of the same plateau are the remains of other places of worship, one of which is attributed to Artemis worship.

Stage. At the foothills of the hill lies the B-N-oriented Stadium, excavated and unstuck by the Italians. It was the length of a Stadium, ie 600 feet or 201 meters. Authentic portions of it are preserved in slings, in the official positions (presidencies) and in some of the lower bearings (figurines). It also maintains the location where the mechanism for the start of the athlete was (pus).

High school. The Gymnasium was located east of the Stadium. It had previously been partially exposed on its west side, and recently, under the canteen, its BA edge was located. It was a large square building with a side of about 200 m. It was important for the artwork it contained.

Library. A very important library with remarkable rhetorical books was located near the Gymnasium and the Conservatory, which allows us to infer an inscription found...

Wow, the temple, or what's left of it, is amazing. The remaining columns were shrouded in scaffolding so no pics. However the theatre and the stadium were really evocative.

We came in at the bottom of the site and walked up through what would have been the town into the stadium. Then up the stairs to the temple level. What an amazing journey that must have been.

If you carry on out to the road and back down toward town you are passing some other real archeological treats with a road in a directline to the port and the side entrance to...

Οι πέτρες που μιλάνε ... Ο Ναός του Ατταβυρίου Διός! Βρίσκεται στην ψηλότερη κορυφή του ορεινού όγκου Ατταβύρου, σε υψόμετρο 1215μ., στα όρια της αρχαίας Καμείρου. Το σημείο αυτό είναι τόσο ψηλά, που τον χειμώνα χιονίζει. Ίσως είναι το μοναδικό σημείο που χιονίζει στην Ρόδο. Η ανασκαφή έγινε επί της ιταλικής κατοχής και περιλαμβάνει σημαντικά αρχιτεκτονικά λείψανα, όπως τον ιερό περίβολο με το μεγάλο κτιστό ορθογώνιο βωμό, το προστώο ή ιεροθυτείο, δύο οίκους ή θησαυρούς. μεταλλικά, χάλκινα και μολύβδινα αναθήματα, κυρίως συμπαγή ειδώλια ποικίλων τύπων βοοειδών (βουβάλια, βίσονες, ταύροι), ερπετών (σαύρες, φίδια), εντόμων (ακρίδες) και μικρά ζώα (χελώνες, τρωκτικά), αλλά και περίτμητα ελάσματα ταύρων και βοών που χρονολογούνται στον 9ο και 8ο αι. π. Χ. καθώς και χάλκινα σκήπτρα εξουσίας ή αναθηματικά αγγεία. Κατά τον μύθο: Ο Αλθαιμένης ήταν βασιλιάς της Κρήτης που εξόριστος βρήκε προστασία στο όρος Αττάβυρος, για να μην εκπληρωθεί ένας παλιός χρησμός και γίνει φονιάς του πατέρα του. Κατέπλευσε από την Κρήτη στην Κάμειρο (αρχαία πόλη της Ρόδου), ίδρυσε σε σημείο που να κοιτάζει την πατρική του γη, την Κρητηνία, και αφού ανέβηκε στον Ατάβυρο και είδε την Κρήτη και θυμήθηκε τους πατρικούς του θεούς ίδρυσε το βωμό του Ατταβυρίου Διός, φανερώνοντας την απευθείας σχέση της λατρείας του Δία στην Κρήτη και στη Ρόδο. Δυστυχώς δεν έχουν απομείνει πολλά πράγματα από τον περίφημο ναό, είναι όλα σκόρπια, όμως ο χώρος σου επιβάλλεται και η θέα είναι υπέροχη,...