26 June – 22 December 1522

War & Conflict

Siege of Rhodes

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The siege of Rhodes of 1522 was the second and ultimately successful attempt by the Ottoman Empire to expel the Knights of Rhodes from their island stronghold and thereby secure Ottoman control of the Eastern Mediterranean. The first siege in 1480 had been unsuccessful. Despite very strong defenses, the walls were demolished over the course of six months by Turkish artillery and mines.

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Ottoman janissaries and the defending Knights of St John at Rhodes, 1522Fethullah Çelebi Arifi (historian, poet and painter) and/or Matrakçı Nasuh (painter of landscape) and/or other painters at the court of Sultan Suleiman the MagnificentPublic domainWikimedia Commons
The land walls of Rhodes that held out for six monthsHannes Grobe 19:08, 3 September 2006 (UTC)CC BY-SA 2.5Wikimedia Commons
The fortifications of the old town of RhodesUser:PiotrusCC BY-SA 3.0Wikimedia Commons

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