The Acropolis of Lindos - Lindos, Greece
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N 36° 05.489 E 028° 05.304
35S E 597984 N 3994643
Above the modern town rises the acropolis of Lindos, a natural citadel which was fortified successively by the Greeks, the Romans, the Byzantines, the Knights of St John and the Ottomans.
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Location: Greece
Date Posted: 10/15/2019
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"Above the modern town rises the acropolis of Lindos, a natural citadel which was fortified successively by the Greeks, the Romans, the Byzantines, the Knights of St John and the Ottomans. This makes the site difficult to excavate and interpret archaeologically. The acropolis has views of the surrounding harbours and coastline.
On the acropolis of Lindos today parts of the following buildings may still be seen:
The Doric Temple of Athena Lindia, dating from about 300 BC, built on the site of an earlier temple. Inside the temple is the table of offerings and the base of the cult statue of Athena.
The Propylaea of the Sanctuary, also dating from the 4th century BC. A monumental staircase leads to a D-shaped stoa and a wall with five door openings.
The Hellenistic stoa with lateral projecting wings, dating from about 200 BC. The stoa was 87 metres long and consisted of 42 columns.
The well-known relief of a Rhodian trireme (warship) cut into the rock at the foot of the steps leading to the acropolis. On the bow stood a statue of General Hagesander, the work of the sculptor Pythokritos. The relief dates from about 180 BC.
The Hellenistic staircase (2nd century BC) leading to the main archaeological area of the acropolis.
Remains of a Roman temple, possibly dedicated to the Emperor Diocletian and dating from about 300 AD.
The Acropolis is surrounded by a Hellenistic wall contemporary with the Propylaea and the stairway leading to the entrance to the site. A Roman inscription says that the wall and square towers were repaired at the expense of P Aelius Hagetor, the priest of Athena in the 2nd century AD.
The Castle of the Knights of St John, built some time before 1317 on the foundations of older Byzantine fortifications. The walls and towers follow the natural conformation of the cliff. A pentagonal tower on the south side commanded the harbour, the settlement and the road from the south of the island. There was a large round tower on the east facing the sea and two more, one round and the other on a corner, on the northeast side of the enceinte. Today one of the towers at the southwest corner and one to the west survive.
The Greek Orthodox Church of St John, dating from the 13th or 14th century and built on the ruins of a previous church, which may have been built as early as the 6th century.
Some scenes of the well-known film, The Guns of Navarone, were filmed here."
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"Páno apó ti sýnchroni póli anevaínei i akrópoli tis Líndou, mia fysikí akrópoli pou ochyróthike diadochiká apó tous Éllines, tous Romaíous, tous Vyzantinoús, tous Ippótes tou Agíou Ioánni kai tous Othomanoús, gegonós pou kathistá dýskoli tin anaskafí kai tin ermineía tou archaiologikoú chórou. échei théa sta gýro limánia kai stis aktés.
Stin akrópoli tis Líndou boreí na dei kaneís tmímata ton parakáto ktiríon:
O dorikós naós tis Athinás Líntia, pou chronologeítai gýro sto 300 p.CH., chtístike stin topothesía enós progenésterou naoú. Mésa sto naó eínai to trapézi ton prosforón kai i vási tou latreftikoú agálmatos tis Athinás.
Ta Propýlaia tou Ieroú, pou chronologoúntai epísis apó ton 4o aióna p.CH. Mia mnimeiakí skála odigeí se stoá D kai se toícho me pénte anoígmata pórtas.
I ellinistikí stoá me plágia proexéchonta fterá, pou chronologoúntai gýro sto 200 p.CH. I stoá eíche míkos 87 métra kai apoteleítai apó 42 stíles.
I gností anakoúfisi enós rodiakoú trimínou (polemikó ploío) pou kópike sto vrácho stous própodes ton skalopatión pou odigoúsan stin akrópoli. Sto plóri ypírche éna ágalma tou stratigoú Hagesander, to érgo tou glýpti Pythókrito. To anáglyfo chronologeítai gýro sto 180 p.CH.
I ellinistikí skála (2os aiónas p.CH.) odigeí ston kýrio archaiologikó chóro tis akrópolis.
Ereípia romaïkoú naoú, pithanós afieroménou ston Aftokrátora Dioklitianoú kai chronologoúmenou perípou apó to 300 m.CH.
I Akrópoli periválletai apó éna ellinistikó teíchos sýnchrono me ta Propýlaia kai ti skála pou odigeí stin eísodo tou chórou. Mia romaïkí epigrafí léei óti oi toíchoi kai oi tetrágonoi pýrgoi episkevástikan eis város tou P Ailioú Chágtor, ieréa tis Athinás ton 2o aióna m.CH.
To Kástro ton Ippotón tou Agíou Ioánni, chtístike kápote prin apó to 1317 sta themélia palaióteron vyzantinón ochyróseon. Ta teíchi kai oi pýrgoi akolouthoún ti fysikí diamórfosi tou vráchou. Énas pentagonikós pýrgos sti nótia plevrá diétaxe to limáni, ton oikismó kai to drómo apó to nóto tou nisioú. Ypírche énas megálos strongylós pýrgos sta anatoliká me théa sti thálassa kai dýo akómi, énas gýros kai o állos se mia gonía, sti voreioanatolikí plevrá tou enceinte. Símera énas apó tous pýrgous sti notiodytikí gonía kai énas sta dytiká epiviónoun.
I Ellinikí Orthódoxi Ekklisía tou Agíou Ioánni, pou chronologeítai apó ton 13o í ton 14o aióna kai chtístike sta ereípia proigoúmenis ekklisías, i opoía boreí na chtístike ídi apó ton 6o aióna.
Kápoies skinés tis gnostís tainías, Ta ópla tou Navarone, gyrístikan edó. "
PIGI - (sýndesmos epískepsis)