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C H A P T E R 2 Thermai Kallithea A grand fountain marks the entrance to Kallithea spa, once famous for its health-giving waters Our journey continues on the other side of the coast, starting out from Rhodes towards Kolimbia. On the promontory of Cape Voda, where, dotted with thousands of coloured beach umbrellas, the endless beach of Faliraki begins, in 1928 the Italian architect Pietro Lombardi and the governor Mario Lago conceived the grandiose watering-place of Kallithea, which has nothing to envy the seaside resorts of Capri or the Venice Lido. 74
Enormous domes, oriental-style arches, great circular fountains, porticos with columns over which hibiscus and bougainvillaea climb, wide rooms with mirrors and stuccos, an atrium that seems stolen from one of the villas of ancient Rome, terraces that look over the cliffs and the serpentine pathways through the gardens: it all creates an ambience of extreme luxury, exotic in taste, and it is hard not to be won over by its charms. Recently the complex has been subjected to a very detailed restoration, painted a blinding white (the original colours varied from pink to sky blue and turquoise), and it was reopened to the public in the summer of 2007. A small beach and a café created below the overhanging rocks complete the redecorated spa. The health-giving waters of Kallithea were already renowned by the ancients, even at the time of Hippocrates, and attracted visitors from east and west (among them the Roman Emperor Augustus in person) who came here to cure rheumatism, arthritis and kidney complaints. The architect Lombardi was for many years a professor at the Academy of Fine Arts in Rome and had a great love of design. The theatricality of the plans for Kallithea is significant if we bear in mind that Lombardi was also famous as the set designer for historical colossals like Teodora and Quo Vadis?. 75
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Rhodes, the island born of the Sun
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THE MEDIEVAL CITY THE HARBOUR AND T
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In the same period the geographer S
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stand the buildings of the Knights
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The monumental stairway of the New
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ARCHAELOGICAL MUSEUM OF RHODES 5 6
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A scene from Genesis: God finds Ada
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AYIOS GEORGIOS O VARDAS AYIA IRINI
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Ayios Mamas, the pipe-playing patro
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woman spinning wool, her spindle he
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Glossary Acropolis Agora Amphiktion
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