Feraklos

Feraklos Castle

Part of the fortification walls of Feraklos

Feraklos (also Faraklos ) is a medieval fortress on the east coast of Rhodes , north of Charaki . It is named after the Faraklos hill, which has been settled and fortified since ancient times.

A fortress was built by the Byzantines on the group of hills , which was conquered by the Knights of St. John in 1306 . Feraklos was the first seat of the Knights of St. John on Rhodes. Later, in 1470, under the growing Ottoman threat , it was enlarged at the instigation of Grand Master Giovanni Battista Orsini . The fortress Feraklos could never be conquered by the Ottomans. At the foot of the castle hill, the Johanniter built a sugar mill.

Most of the ascent stairs to the fortress have fallen into disrepair (status 2009).

See also: Foulques de Villaret

literature

• Klaus Gallas: Art Travel Guide Rhodes . Cologne 1987, p. 245f.
• Michael Losse: Castles and fortresses of the Order of St. John on Rhodes and in the Aegean Sea. Greece 1307-1522 . Mainz 2017, p. 16.
• Information board on the excavations of the sugar mill.

Web links

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Coordinates: 36 ° 10 ′ 12 ″  N , 28 ° 5 ′ 56 ″  E