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Rhodes (Rhodos) (Naillac Tower) - Jean Baptiste Arnout (1788-1865) - 1840
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Rhodes (Rhodos) (Naillac Tower)

ArtistJean Baptiste Arnout (1788-1865)
EngraverAugustin François Lemaitre (1797-1870)-Samuel Cholet (1786-1874)
Date1840
TechniqueCopper Engraving
CategoryViews Of Country
SourceTurkey Volume Of L'Univers Pittoresque, Paris

Description

Naillac Tower was built by Philibert de Naillac in 1421 at the entrance to the harbour. The 46-metre-high square-shaped tower was used as a watchtower. It was seriously damaged in two earthquakes in the 19th century and was demolished because it could fall on ships in the harbour.