![]() ![]() Historical photos document the extensive restoration work. A steep wooden staircase leads to the top. Today you can climb the tower for an entrance fee. They had determined exactly when and who was allowed to enter and leave the strategically important city. The Turks issued strict rules for public life. Once it was supposed to tell the Greeks the Turkish time. ![]() If you turn right at the end of Socrates Street into the tourist Orfeos Street, after a few meters you will find a clock tower dated from 1852. "Even being the highest elevation of the Old Town of Rhodes, the clock tower (Roloi), is hardly noticeable at first glance. The clock has an off-white face with brown hands and eastern arabic numerals. ![]()
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