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Monolithos, Greece

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Country
  
Greece

Local time
  
Thursday 4:59 PM

Administrative region
  
South Aegean

Regional unit
  
Rhodes

Time zone
  
EET (UTC+2)

Municipality
  
Rhodes

Municipal unit
  
Attavyros

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Weather
  
13°C, Wind NW at 26 km/h, 50% Humidity

Monolithos (Greek: Μονόλιθος) is a Greek village on the island of Rhodes, South Aegean region, belonging to the municipal unit of Attavyros. It is located 10 km south-east of Apolakkia and 30 km from Prasonisi.

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Map of Monolithos 851 08, Greece

Overview

Outside the village is the medieval Castle, built on top of a 100m rock. This castle was built in 1480 by the Knights of Saint John to protect the island from attacks. In fact, this castle was never conquered. The Castle of Monolithos is widely ruined today but it offers great views of the sea and the two islets opposite to it. Inside the Castle, there is a small working chapel dedicated to Agios Panteleimon (Saint Pantaleon). Access to the castle is by a staircase cut into the rock. The steps, whilst not particularly steep, are quite slippery simply due to the numbers of visitors wearing them away. On the climb up to the top, you are likely to see hundreds, if not thousands, of small piles of rocks from 3-10 in number. These piles are left there by the visitors as a form of a memento.

References

Monolithos, Greece Wikipedia


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