Castle of Monolithos

This guide to the Castle of Monolithos in Rhodes traces nearly fifty years of the Knights Hospitaller garrisoning this clifftop rock against pirates and, later, the Ottomans, rebuilt in the 1470s by Grand Master Pierre d'Aubusson so it could never be taken. You'll hear how villagers from Apolakkia learned to shelter here first and ask questions later. It follows the knights up to the summer of 1522, when Suleiman the Magnificent's fleet finally arrived off Rhodes and the garrison had a decision to make.