Evangelismos Church

Rhodes Town


It’s well worth taking a look at the interior of this Gothic-style Orthodox church, beside Mandraki Harbour and built under Italian rule; it’s covered with colourful Byzantine murals.


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Nearby Rhodes Town attractions

1. Mosque

0.08 MILES

Quayside mosque, facing Mandraki Harbour.

2. Mosque of Murad Reis

0.11 MILES

The grounds of this graceful mosque hold a Turkish cemetery and the Villa Cleobolus, where Lawrence Durrell lived in the 1940s, writing his book on Rhodes…

3. Lighthouse of Agios Nikolaos

0.16 MILES

This landmark French-built lighthouse guards the entrance to Mandraki Harbour, at the spot where some suggest the Colossus of Rhodes once stood. Its beam…

4. Old Town Moat

0.28 MILES

The moat beneath the Old Town ramparts was simply a defensive ditch, never filled with water. Now landscaped as a park, with spacious lawns and lush…

5. Modern Greek Art Museum – New Wing

0.29 MILES

This gleaming extension to the New Town’s Modern Greek Art Museum stands immediately behind its parent building. Located on the site of the city’s ancient…

6. Modern Greek Art Museum

0.33 MILES

The main gallery of the four-part Modern Greek Art Museum, near the New Town’s northern tip, holds paintings, engravings and sculptures by some of Greece…

7. Liberty Gate

0.33 MILES

The busiest entrance to the Old Town, close to the seafront and Mandraki Harbour, Liberty Gate was constructed in the 14th century to serve as a bridge to…

8. St Paul's Gate

0.34 MILES

Medieval gate, connecting the Old Town with the harbour.