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replacement for the one the
Italians themselves pulled JERSEY TIGER
down in 1941 to deprive Allied MOTHS AT
pilots of a navigational aid. PETALOÚDES
Petaloúdes, or
Butterfly, valley is
13 famous for its Jersey
Kástro Kritinías tiger moths (Panaxia
quadrapunctaria),
Καστγρο Κρητινιας which congregate here
each summer. They
⌂ 52 km (31 miles) SW
of Rhodes town come to perch on the
oriental sweetgum
Boasting superb views trees for unknown
west towards various islets, reasons, since they
Kástro Kritinías was erected cannot eat in this stage,
by the Knights during the the final in their life-
14th century, in visual line- cycle. The moths have
of-sight with their forts on cherry-red overwings
Hálki and Alimiá. that are visible when
The vaulted chapel has they are in flight. It is
been restored, but otherwise forbidden to disturb
the fortification is ruined, with them as the moths are
half-intact walls. To the east of conserving energy for
the Kástro spread the white mating, after which
houses of Kritinía village. they die.

large earthquake in 142 BC,
of the ancient city sits Moní 14 " yet it remains one of the
Filerímou, its domed chapels Ancient Kameiros best-preserved Classical
decorated with the cross of Αρχαία Κάμειρος Greek cities.
the Knights and the coat of Here you’ll find the remains
arms of Grand Master Pierre ⌂ 36 km (22 miles) SW of a 3rd-century BC Doric
d’Aubusson. Moní Filerímou of Rhodes town § 22413 temple, an altar to the Greek
has been a place of worship 65200 @ # May–Oct: 8am– sun god Helios, public baths
8pm daily; Nov–Apr: 8am–
for 2,000 years, and layers of and a 6th-century BC cistern,
history and traditions can be 3pm Tue–Sun ¢ Main which sup plied 400 families
seen here from numerous public hols with fresh water. The 6th-
occupiers and eras. Discovered in 1859, this Doric century BC Temple of Athena
The main attraction is Our city thrived during the 5th Polias is on the top terrace,
Lady of Filérimos, the Italian century BC. Founded by below which are the remains
reconstruction of the Knights’ Althaemenes of Crete, it of the Doric stoa, a covered
14th-century church of the was probably destroyed in a walkway, 206 m (675 ft) long.
Virgin Mary. It is a complex of
four chapels: the main one
was built in 1306, and leads to
three others. The innermost
chapel has a Byzantine floor
decorated with a red mosaic
fish. The Italians laid out a
Calvary from the entrance of
the monastery: a walkway
passing the Stations of the
Cross, ending at a huge cross,
18-m (60-ft) tall, which visitors
can climb. This is a 1995

Visitors strolling the
well-preserved ruins of
Ancient Kameiros
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