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The medieval fortified palace of the Grand Master of the Knights Hospitaller on the island of Rhodes, Greece, dominating the highest point of the old town from behind massive curtain walls and cylindrical towers. The original fourteenth-century palace served as the headquarters of the Knights of St John during their 213-year occupation of Rhodes (1309-1522), functioning simultaneously as fortress, administrative centre, and residence for the Grand Master who governed the island as a virtually in...