The Acropolis of Rhodes is an acropolis

Acropolis

Acropolis means "high city" in Greek, literally city on the extremity and is usually translated into English as Citadel . For purposes of defense, early people naturally chose elevated ground to build a new settlement, frequently a hill with precipitous sides...

 dating from the Hellenistic

Hellenistic Greece

In the context of Ancient Greek art, architecture, and culture, Hellenistic Greece corresponds to the period between the death of Alexander the Great in 323 BC and the annexation of the classical Greek heartlands by Rome in 146 BC...

 period (3rd–2nd century BC) 3 kilometers from the centre of Rhodes, in the island with the same name, Greece

Greece

Greece , officially the Hellenic Republic , and historically Hellas or the Republic of Greece in English, is a country in southeastern Europe....

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The partially reconstructed part of the site consists of the "Temple of Apollo

Apollo

Apollo is one of the most important and complex of the Olympian deities in Greek and Roman mythology...

" (also, as alternatives Athena Polias and Zeus

Zeus

In the ancient Greek religion, Zeus was the "Father of Gods and men" who ruled the Olympians of Mount Olympus as a father ruled the family. He was the god of sky and thunder in Greek mythology. His Roman counterpart is Jupiter and his Etruscan counterpart is Tinia.Zeus was the child of Cronus...

 Polieus) below which is a stadium

Stadium

A modern stadium is a place or venue for outdoor sports, concerts, or other events and consists of a field or stage either partly or completely surrounded by a structure designed to allow spectators to stand or sit and view the event.)Pausanias noted that for about half a century the only event...

 and a small theatre

Theatre

Theatre is a collaborative form of fine art that uses live performers to present the experience of a real or imagined event before a live audience in a specific place. The performers may communicate this experience to the audience through combinations of gesture, speech, song, music or dance...

. It is included in a large park, Monte Smith, named for English Napoleonic admiral William Sidney Smith.

The original excavation was carried on by the Italian School of Archaeology at Athens from 1912-1945.

External links

• Greeka.com
• Goddess Athena Museum
• Easytraveller Source Hellenstic Ministry of Culture]
• Hellenic Ministry of Culture
• Panorama of Rhodes Acropolis
• Panorama of theatre of Rhodes Acropolis