Landmark· Rhodes· Greece — Dodecanese, Sporades & North Aegean
St Nicholas Fortress (Mandraki)
36° 27.1′ N · 28° 13.7′ E · approximate
The round stand-alone fort of 1464–67 at the tip of Mandraki's mole, built where a chapel of St Nicholas stood. You pass right under it entering the harbour, and it marks one of the candidate sites of the Colossus.
Practical
Position approx: Wikipedia's coordinate for the Colossus of Rhodes at the Mandraki entrance, beside the fortress. Greeka: marble fragments in its walls may have come from the Colossus pedestal (a hypothesis). Walk out along the windmill mole for the view back over the harbour and Old Town. Mandraki's entrance lights are hard to read against town lights at night.
Best for
Harbour-mouth landmark and evening stroll
Nearby
- Mandraki Harbour (Rhodes)0.1 NM away
- Windmills Anchorage outside Mandraki (Rhodes)0.1 NM away
- Mandraki yacht mini-markets (Rhodes)0.2 NM away
- Nea Agora / New Market (Rhodes)0.2 NM away
- Nea Agora & Mandraki restaurants (Rhodes)0.2 NM away
- Rhodes fuel (Mandraki tanker & Rhodes Marina fuel berth)0.2 NM away
- Rhodes Port of Entry — Port Police & Customs, Mandraki0.2 NM away
- Express Laundry (Rhodes, Mandraki)0.3 NM away