Greece / Rhodes

Jewish Cemetery of Rhodes

Practical info

Type of location: Cemetery

Jewish Cemetery of Rhodes

Along the road to Kalitheas in the new city, Rhodes

Tel : 30-22410-22364

Historical description

Rhodes

In the fourteenth century, a Jewish community settled behind the ramparts of Rhodes erected by the knights of Saint John after their flight from the Holy Land. These Jews had the strange destiny of finding common ground with the Crusaders in their war against the ... Read more