Rhodes - Commercial Harbor (Mandraki Harbor, Akandia Harbor) limánia
The Commercial Harbor (Emborikó Limáni), the principal harbor in Rhodes, used by the ships sailing to and from Piraeus, and the old Mandráki Harbor to the north, which has been in continuous use since 408 B.C. and is now mainly used by pleasure craft (boating marina) and excursion boats, are protected by long breakwaters. On the Mandráki breakwater are three disused windmills, and at its northern tip are the circular Fort St Nicholas (built about 1400 and strengthened in 1460) and a lighthouse.
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Flanking the entrance to the harbor are stone columns topped by figures of a Stag and hind, the town's heraldic animals. (Accordingly red deer are a protected species on Rhodes, and surplus animals are given away to zoos throughout the world.)
On the east side of the old town is the Akándia Harbor, with a boatyard.
On the east side of the old town is the Akándia Harbor, with a boatyard.
