Fortifications of Rhodes

Fortifications of Rhodes - Credit: Wikimedia Commons

The fortifications of the town of Rhodes are shaped like a defensive crescent around the medieval town and consist mostly of a fortification composed of a huge wall made of an embankment encased in stone, equipped with scarp, bastions, moat, counterscarp and glacis. The portion of fortifications facing the harbour is instead composed of a crenellated wall. On the moles, towers and defensive forts are found. Read more on Wikipedia

type: military installation
date from: Antiquity–16th century

Source: en.wikipedia.org