Medieval City of Rhodes (Hide) The Order of St John of Jerusalem
occupied Rhodes from 1309 to 1523 and set about transforming the
city into a stronghold. It subsequently came under Turkish and
Italian rule. With the Palace of the Grand Masters, the Great
Hospital and the Street of the Knights, the Upper Town is one of
the most beautiful urban ensembles of the Gothic period. In the
Lower Town, Gothic architecture coexists with mosques, public
baths and other buildings dating from the Ottoman period.