Lindos - Acropolis

(Local Name: Akrópoli) Within the acropolis there are both ancient and medieval buildings. Beyond the outer entrance is a small square built over underground cisterns, below a sheer rock face with a carving of a ship, commemorating a Rhodian naval victory in 180 B.C. A steep flight of steps leads up to the gatehouse, which together with the adjoining buildings (the commandant's house and the castle chapel) was built by the Knights of St John and was left undisturbed by the excavators of the ancient site.