ARCHANGELOS MUNICIPALITY

Archangellos, Tsambika, Epta Piges, Malona, Massari and Haraki on the Eastern side of Rhodos island.

The attractive village of Archangelos is located south of the City of Rhodes, on the eastern cost of the island. The narrow streets of the village, its picturesque houses and squares and the kindness of its friendly inhabitants are charming every visitor who visit this lovely place. Despite the fact that this village is one of the biggest in Rhodes and has a population of 6000 people, the inhabitants of Archangelos are faithful to their local customs and traditions; bread is still baking in the traditional wood fired ovens (located in the courtyards of the houses), wedding ceremonies are still held according to the traditional way and the idiom of the village has been preserved and is still spoken by many of its inhabitants.

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The traditional pottery and carpet-making art is still kept by some of the inhabitants as well as the confection of high leather boots that many locals still wear. Worth-seeing is the Church of the Archangel Michael which is dominating the village and has a fine 19th century campanile as well as the Church of Saint John which houses beautiful frescoes dating back to the 14th century. Some streets of the village are particularly picturesque because of the traditional houses filling them; those beautiful houses are painted on vivid colours and have arches and walls beautifully decorated with ceramic plates from the village of Lindos. The castle of Saint John, built by the Knights, is standing on the top of hill at 10-20 minutes walk from the village.