Acropolis of Rhodes were held here. Acropolis of Rhodes The Acropolis of Rhodes () is an acropolis dating from the Classical Greek period (5th–3rd century BC) located approximately 3 kilometers from the centre of the city of Rhodes, Rhodes. The partially reconstructed part of the site consists of the Temple of Apollo (also, as alternatives Athena Polias and Zeus Polieus) below which is a stadium and a small theatre. It is included in a large park, Monte Smith, named for English Napoleonic admiral William Sidney Smith. The island of Rhodes is the largest of the Dodecanese, an island group in the southeastern Aegean
Italian Islands of the Aegean Social Republic, but were "de facto" subject to the German military command. After the end of World War II, the islands came under provisional British administration. In the Treaty of Peace in 1947, the islands were ceded to Greece. Italian Islands of the Aegean The Italian Islands of the Aegean (; ) were a group of twelve major islands (the Dodecanese) in the southeastern Aegean Sea, which — together with the surrounding islets — were ruled by the Kingdom of Italy from 1912 to 1943 and the Italian Social Republic from 1943 to 1945. The Dodecanese, except Kastellorizo, were occupied