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This was the administrative center and the Knights' 'Acropolis'. It had very imposing dimensions (80x75 m) and defensive fortifications. On the site where the palace stands (Castello) the 'Lower Acropolis' of ancient Rhodes and the Byzantines once stood. During the early years of the Turkish occupations was used as a prison. The palace was completely destroyed by the great explosion at the church of St. John in 1865. The Italians rebuilt it on the ruins of the old one as faithfully as possible, and completed it in 1940. Nowadays the visitor can see its floors decorated with marvelous mosaics of the Hellenistic and Roman period brought from Kos and statues of the same period.
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Eastern Europe
