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Show pmmwm,. . ...nJg,.iiii.,l.1i.,:,ii.i,,j.iiUniii ,piu. 1 1 i.i.um. , , .,p. . '"" " f . '.' J "J'Vyf lEmErald Usiex I . Weekly Picture Story -Vol . A v" R - x ' 1 ft , " ' . - : ... :j f rT"siT: X: 4 t uit- " 1 . i &l 1 O Back under Greek rule after 600 years of foreign domination, Rhodes, called the "emerald isle" by the Greeks, is once again becoming be-coming the tourist attraction spot in that part of he world. Founded by Greek emigrants around 1500 B. C, the island has been under Roman, Byzantine, By-zantine, Turkish and Italian rule. Since World War II the Greeks have cultivated to the fullest the island's natural attractions. at-tractions. A bit of its beauty is seen in the above picture of Rhodes City, at the entrance of which once stood the gigantic gi-gantic statue of the sun god, Helios, then one of the wonders won-ders of the world. O The six miles of crenelated walls, ramparts, moats and hastions (above) which surround the medieval city have remained intact to this day. These mighty, 36-foot-thick walls successfully withstood the repeated onslaught of the Turks during four sieges within a hundred years and give to the city a dominantly gothic atmosphere so attractive to tourists. I V ' - y'' i i "C Ijji i Mh , - r , : B ' f2 mil . i AfJ- . i vzTTh IfiV-! HflA- Uv , . , iff j O The above picture shows the few remaining ruins of Lindos and its harbor in the background. Lindos was one of the three cities Greek emigrants founded when they moved to the island. The armies of Europe made Rhodes their headquarters for their crusades from 1309 to 1523. O In the Iliad, chronicler Homer tells of the founding of three great cities on Rhodes which attracted the attention of the ancient world Lindos, Camiros and lalyse. In the picture above are ruins of the Acropolis of Lindos. In modern times, between World War I and World War If, Mussolini persecuted the population but preserved many such ruins. Barely 50 miles long and 25 miles wide, Rhodes is a swimmer's paradise, with many beautiful and un-crowded un-crowded beaches as pictured pic-tured at the right. m ,nr, 'VKlfJ& aaitf5Z?.1!'''. aagw sDfcn. f,-'aM ,t w m n, i iBir.iliiini JSSwraii- , 1 '5 .1 "til '4 i i fH htr ifTSiaigiiMbgsi O Withstanding the ravages of time, the colonnade (above) overlooks the valley which holds the ruins of Camiros, the second ancient Rhodian city which was built on the western short of the island. |