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Rhodes (Greek: Rhodhos) is the largest of the Dodecanese islands in terms of
both land area and population, situated in eastern Aegean Sea. This Greek
island lies approximately 18 kilometres (11 mi) to the west of Turkey,
situated between the Greek mainland and the island of Cyprus. As of 2001, it
had a population of 117,007 of which 53,709 resided in the capital
city of the island.

Historically, Rhodes was famous worldwide for the Colossus of Rhodes, one of
the Seven Wonders of the World. The medieval Old Town of the City of Rhodes
has been declared a World Heritage Site. Today Rhodes is a major
international tourist destination. The island has also been called
Italian Rodi; Turkish Rodos; Ottoman Turkish: Rodos; Ladino: Rodi or
Rodes.

Its famous schools of philosophy and science and literature and
rhetoric, shared masters with Alexandria: the Athenian rhetorician
Aeschines who formed a school at Rhodes; Apollonius of Rhodes; the
astronomers Hipparchus and Geminus, the rhetorician Dionysios Trax.
Its school of sculptors developed a rich, dramatic style that can be
characterized as "Hellenistic Baroque".