Bell Tower - Evangelismos Church - Rhodes, Greece
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N 36° 27.054 E 028° 13.517
35S E 609802 N 4034659
In the harbour, near the place where the Colossus of Rhodes was, is the Evangelismos tis Theotokou church (The Annunciation of the Virgin Mary), with its square bell tower.
Waymark Code: WM11DXM
Location: Greece
Date Posted: 10/05/2019
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member pmaupin
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In the harbour, near the place where the Colossus of Rhodes was, is the Evangelismos tis Theotokou church (The Annunciation of the Virgin Mary), with its square bell tower.

Originally a Catholic church dedicated to Agios Ioannis, a three-aisled basilica of Gothic order. It later became an Orthodox church.

"Evangelismos tis Theotokou (The Annunciation of the Virgin Mary) church is located in Eleftherias square on the port’s western side in Mandraki. It used to be St. John’s Catholic church and today is an orthodox church dedicated to the Annunciation of the Virgin Mary. It is a copy of St. John’s the Baptist church in Collakio.It is a three-aisled gothic basilica with a wooden roof in which the byzantine and gothic elements blend in with the characteristics of a type often appearing in Syria (when Syria was under the Franks occupation).

The temple remains immutable on the outside while the interior was adjusted to the needs of the Orthodox denomination in 1947. The frescos were made by the byzantine hagiographer Fotis Kontoglou and his two assistants Ioannis Terzis and Pantelis Odambasis (1951- 1961 A.D.)."

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Sto limáni, kontá ston tópo ópou ítan o Kolossós tis Ródou, vrísketai i ekklisía tou Evangelismoú tis Theotókou me to tetrágono kampanarió tou.

Archiká katholikí ekklisía afieroméni ston Ágio Ioánni, tríkliti vasilikí gotthikís táxis. Argótera égine orthódoxi ekklisía.

"Sti neóteri póli, stin plateía Eleftherías, sti dytikí plevrá tou limanioú sto Mantráki, vrísketai o próin katholikós kathedrikós naós tou Agíou Ioánnou (Chiesa di San Giovanni) kai nyn orthódoxos tou Evangelismoú tis Theotókou. Oikodomíthike katá mímisi tou naoú tou Agíou Ioánnou tou Vaptistí tou Kollakíou katá tin período 1924-1925 m.CH. Prókeitai gia mía tríkliti xylóstegi gotthikí vasilikí stin opoía synchonévontai armoniká stoicheía tou vyzantinoú kai tou gotthikoú rythmoú, me ta charaktiristiká tou rythmoú pou dimiourgíthike sti Syría káto apó tin kyriarchía ton Fránkon. Sti dexiá plevrá tou ypsónetai éna tetrágono kampanarió me fanerí ti venetsiániki epirroí. O naós paraménei analloíotos exoteriká enó sto esoterikó prosarmóstike óste na antapokrínetai stis anánkes tis orthódoxis latreías stin opoía kai apodóthike to 1947 kai agiografíthike apó to 1951 éos to 1961 apó ton vyzantinó agiográfo Fóti Kóntoglou kai tous voithoús tou Ioánni Terzí kai Pantelí Odámpasi."

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Address of Tower:
Evangelismos Church
Rodos, Greece
851 00


Still Operational: Not Listed

Number of bells in tower?: Not Listed

Relevant website?: Not listed

Rate tower: Not listed

Tours or visits allowed in tower?: Not listed

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