The Knights of Rhodes
In 1309 a Genoese adventurer, to whom the Byzantine emperor had given Rhodes as a feudal property, or fief, sold the island to the Knights of the Order of St John of Jerusalem, who then quickly spread their control across…
In 1309 a Genoese adventurer, to whom the Byzantine emperor had given Rhodes as a feudal property, or fief, sold the island to the Knights of the Order of St John of Jerusalem, who then quickly spread their control across…
The President of the Hellenic Republic, Mr. Papoulias, will be spending the Epiphany festivities on Agathonisi, attending mass and the traditional dunking of the cross in the sea. This visit is of a greater significance as recently tensions between Greece…