The Temple of Aphrodite

The temple is located between the Great-harbour (commercial harbour) and the Military Harbour (Mandraki) of the ancient city of Rhodos. Oriented E-W, it was built of sandstone covered in stucco. lt was a small prostyle-in-antis temple. Along three sides of the cella there was a colonnade in Ionic style, the long sides of Which were in the shape of semi-columns engaged along the walls. It dates in the 3rd c. B.C. The statue of Aphrodite Pudica in the Archaeological Museum of Rhodes is possibly the cult statue of the temple.