Dodecanese Prefecture Νομός Δωδεκανήσου
Periphery	South Aegean
Capital	Rhodes
Population	200,452 (2005)Ranked 12th
Area	2,714 km² Ranked 18th
Population density	73. The peripheries ( Περιφέρειες) are the official regional Administrative divisions of Greece. South Aegean is one of the thirteen Peripheries of Greece. It consists of the Cyclades and Dodecanese islands in the South Aegean Sea. Rhodes ( Greek: Ρόδος - Ródos) is the principal city of the Greek island of Rhodes, in southeastern Aegean Sea and In Biology a population is the collection of inter-breeding organisms of a particular Species; in Sociology This is a list of the Prefectures of Greece, in order of descending population (in 2005 except otherwise stated Area is a Quantity expressing the two- Dimensional size of a defined part of a Surface, typically a region bounded by a closed Curve. This is a list of the Prefectures of Greece, in order of descending area Population density (in agriculture standing stock and Standing crop) is a measurement of Population per unit area or unit volume 9/km²Ranked 14th
Number of provinces	4
Number of municipalities	25
Number of communities	2
Postal codes	85x xx
Area codes	2241-2247
Licence plate code	ΚΧ, ΡΟ, PK
ISO 3166-2 code	GR-81

The Dodecanese (Greek Δωδεκάνησα Dodekánisa 'twelve islands') are a group of 12 larger plus 150 smaller Greek islands in the Aegean Sea, off the southwest coast of Turkey, southward of the island of Samos and northeastward of the island of Crete. This is a list of the Prefectures of Greece, in order of descending Population density according to the 2001 census "real" population figures and land areas The Provinces (eparchys according to Encarta Dictionary and Webster's Dictionary(επαρχία of Greece were sub-divisions of the country's The Greek Postal code system is is administered by ELTA (Ελληνικά Ταχυδρομεία Hellenic Post) This is a list of dialing codes in Greece. The first digit represents type of service Greek Vehicle registration plates are composed of three letters and four digits per plate (e ISO 3166-2GR is an ISO standard which defines Geocodes it is the subset of ISO 3166-2 which applies to Greece. Greek (el ελληνική γλώσσα or simply el ελληνικά — "Hellenic" is an Indo-European language, spoken today by 15-22 million people mainly The Greek Islands are a collection of over 6000 Islands and Islets that belong to Greece. Etymology In ancient times there were various explanations for the name Aegean. Turkey (Türkiye known officially as the Republic of Turkey ( is a Eurasian Country that stretches They have a rich history, and many of even the smallest inhabited islands boast dozens of Byzantine churches and medieval castles. The Eastern Orthodox Church is the second largest single Christian Communion in the world A castle is a defensive structure seen as one of the main symbols of the Middle Ages.

The current Greek administrative region of the Dodecanese (a subdivision of the South Aegean periphery) consists of 163 total islands of which 26 are inhabited. Greece (Ελλάδα transliterated: Elláda, historically, Ellás,) officially the Hellenic Republic (Ελληνική Δημοκρατία Greece consists of 13 administrative regions known as Peripheries of Greece, which are further subdivided into 3 super-prefectures and 54 prefectures or nomes South Aegean is one of the thirteen Peripheries of Greece. It consists of the Cyclades and Dodecanese islands in the South Aegean Sea. The peripheries ( Περιφέρειες) are the official regional Administrative divisions of Greece. Twelve of these are major, giving the chain its name. The most historically important and well-known is Rhodes (Rodos), which for millennia has been the island from which the region is controlled. Rhodes (Ρόδος Ródos, ˈɾo̞ðo̞s Rodi ردوس Rodos; Ladino: Rodi or Rodes) is a Greek island Of the others, Kos and Patmos are historically more important; the remaining nine are Astipalea, Kalimnos, Karpathos, Kasos, Leros, Nisyros, Symi, Tilos and Kastelorizo (which actually lies in the eastern Mediterranean sea). Kos or Cos ( Greek: Κως Turkish: İstanköy; Italian: Coo formerly Stanchio in English is a Greek Patmos ( Greek, Πάτμος; Italian: Patmo) is a small Greek island in the Aegean Sea. Astipalea (or Astypalea or Astypalaia, Greek: Αστυπάλαια) is a Greek island with 1238 residents (2001 Census Kalymnos, (Κάλυμνος is a Greek island and municipality in the southeastern Aegean Sea. Karpathos (Κάρπαθος is the second largest of the Greek Dodecanese islands in the southeastern Aegean Sea. Kasos (also Kassos; Greek: Κάσος; Italian: Caso) is a Greek Island municipality in the Leros ( Greek: Λέρος Italian: Lèro) is a Greek Island and municipality in the Dodecanese prefecture Nisyros (Νίσυρος also transliterated Nissiros) is a volcanic Greek island and municipality located in the Aegean Sea. Symi ( Greek: Σύμη also transliterated Syme or Simi) is a small but historic Greek island and municipality. For the forested area on the island of La Palma, Canary Islands —see Los Tilos. " Castellorizon " is also the name of a song from David Gilmour's album On an Island, based on a night he spent on Kastelorizo in 2006

Other notable islands in the chain include Agathonisi, Chalki, Lipsi, Pserimos, and Telendos. Agathonísi (Αγαθονήσι is a small Island and community (Κοινότητα Αγαθονησίου located at the northernmost point of the Dodecanese Halki (Χάλκη Chalki, Khalki, also Chalce) is a Greek island and municipality in the Dodecanese archipelago in Leipsoi (Λειψοί also Lipsi) is an island south of Samos and to the north of Leros in Greece. Pserimos (Ψέριμος Δωδεκανήσου is a small Greek island in the Dodecanese chain lying between Kalymnos and Kos in front of

History

Pre-history and the Archaic Period

The Dodecanese have been inhabited since prehistoric times. In the Neopalatial period on Crete, the islands were heavily Minoanized (contact beginning in MMIIIB). Following the downfall of the Minoans, the islands were ruled by the Achaeans from circa 1400 BC, until the arrival of the Dorians circa 1100 BC. The Dorians or Dorian Greeks ( Greek:, Dōrieis singular, Dōrieus were It is in the Dorian period that they began to prosper as an independent entity, developing a thriving economy and culture through the following centuries. By the early Archaic Period Rhodes and Kos emerged as the major islands in the group, and in the 6th century BC the Dorians founded three major cities on Rhodes (Lindos, Kameiros and Ialyssos); together with the island of Kos and the cities of Knidos and Halicarnassos on the mainland of Asia Minor, these made up the Dorian Hexapolis. Lindos (in Greek, Λίνδος) is a town and an archaeological site on the east coast of the Greek Island of Rhodes Kameiros (Κάμειρος was a city on the island of Rhodes, Greece, lying on a Peninsula on the northwest coast of the island Ialysos ( Greek: Ιαλυσός also known as Trianta, is the second-largest town on the island of Rhodes (Ρόδος Rhodos) in Greece Cnidus or Knidos ( Greek: Κνίδος /Knidos at the modern-day locality called Tekir in Turkey) was an ancient Greek Halicarnassus (Άλικαρνᾱσσός &mdash Halikarnassós or Ἁλικαρνασσός &mdash Alikarnassós Halikarnas modern Anatolia (Anadolu Ανατολία Anatolía) or Asia minor, comprising most of modern Turkey, is the geographic region bounded by the Black The doric hexapolis or Dorian Hexapolis was a federation of six cities of Dorian foundation and included Kos, on the Island

Classical Period

This development was interrupted around 499 BC by the Persian Wars, during which the islands were captured by the Persians for a brief period. Following the defeat of the Persians by the Athenians in 478 BC, the cities joined the Athenian-dominated Delian League. Athens (ˈæθənz Αθήνα Athina,) the Capital and largest city of Greece, dominates the Attica periphery as one of the world's The Delian League was an association of approximately 150 5th-century BC Greek City-states under the leadership of Athens, whose purpose was to continue When the Peloponnesian War broke out in 431 BC, they remained largely neutral although they were still members of the League.

By the time the Peloponnesian War ended in 404 BC, the Dodecanese were mostly removed from the larger Aegean conflicts, and had begun a period of relative quiet and prosperity. In 408 BC, the three cities of Rhodes had united to form one state, which built a new capital on the northern end of the island, also named Rhodes; this united Rhodes was to dominate the region for the coming millennia. Other islands in the Dodecanese also developed into significant economic and cultural centers; most notably, Kos served as the site of the school of medicine founded by Hippocrates. Medicine is the art and science of healing It encompasses a range of Health care practices evolved to maintain and restore Human Health by the Hippocrates of Cos II or Hippokrates of Kos ( ca. 460 BC – ca

However, the Peloponnesian War had so weakened the entire Greek civilization's military strength that it lay open to invasion. In 357 BC, the islands were conquered by the king Mausolus of Caria, then in 340 BC by the Persians. Mausolus ( Greek: Μαύσωλος; also Maussollus) was ruler of Caria (377&ndash353 BC Municipalities of Caria Cramer's detailed catalog of Carian towns in Classical Greece is based entirely on ancient sources The Persian Empire was a series of Iranian empires that ruled over the Iranian plateau, the original Persian homeland and beyond in Western Asia But this second period of Persian rule proved to be nearly as short as the first, and the islands became part of the rapidly growing Macedonian Empire as Alexander the Great swept through and defeated the Persians in 332 BC, to the great relief of the islands' inhabitants. Macedon or Macedonia ( Greek grc Μακεδονία grc-Latn Makedonía) was the name of a kingdom centered in the northern-most Alexander the Great ( or, Mégas Aléxandros; July 20 356 BC June 10 or June 11 323 BC also known as Alexander III of Macedon (el Ἀλέξανδρος Γ'

Following the death of Alexander, the islands, and even Rhodes itself, were split up among the many generals who contended to succeed him. The islands formed strong commercial ties with the Ptolemies in Egypt, and together they formed the Rhodo-Egyptian alliance which controlled trade throughout the Aegean in the 3rd century BC. The Ptolemaic dynasty (sometimes also known as the Lagids, from the name of Ptolemy I's father Lagus) was a Hellenistic Macedonian royal family This article is about the country of Egypt For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Egypt topics. Led by Rhodes, the islands developed into maritime, commercial and cultural centers: coins of Rhodes circulated almost everywhere in the Mediterranean, and the islands' schools of philosophy, literature and rhetoric were famous. The Colossus of Rhodes, built in 304 BC, perhaps best symbolized their wealth and power.

In 164 BC, Rhodes signed a treaty with Rome, and the islands became aligned to greater or lesser extents with the Roman Empire while mostly maintaining their autonomy. Rome ( Roma ˈroma Roma is the capital city of Italy and Lazio, and is Italy's largest and most populous city with more than 2 The Roman Empire was the post-Republican phase of the ancient Roman civilization, characterised by an autocratic form of government and large territorial Rhodes quickly became a major schooling center for Roman noble families, and, as the islands (and particularly Rhodes) were important allies of Rome, they enjoyed numerous privileges and generally friendly relations. These were eventually lost in 42 BC, in the turmoil following the assassination of Julius Caesar in 44 BC, after which Cassius invaded and sacked the islands. For the Roman consul see Gaius Cassius Longinus (consul 171 BC. Thereafter, they became part of the Roman Empire proper. Titus made Rhodes capital of the Provincia Insularum, and eventually the islands were joined with Crete as part of the 18th Province of the Roman Empire. Titus Flavius Vespasianus, commonly known as Titus ( December 30 39 &ndash September 13 81) was a Roman Emperor who Crete ( Greek: Κρήτη transliteration: Krētē, modern transliteration Kriti) is the largest of the Greek islands and the

In the 1st century, Saint Paul visited the islands twice, and Saint John visited numerous times; they succeeded in converting the islands to Christianity, placing them among the first dominantly Christian regions. Paul the apostle (שאול התרסי Šaʾul HaTarsi, meaning " Saul of Tarsus " Σαούλ Saul and Σαῦλος Saulos and Saint John the Apostle ( Greek Ιωάννης, see Names of John) was one of the Twelve Apostles of Jesus. Saint John eventually came to reside among them, being exiled to Patmos, where he wrote his famous Revelation.

Middle Ages

As the Roman Empire split in 395 AD into Eastern and Western halves, the islands became part of the Eastern part, which later evolved to the Greek Byzantine Empire. They would remain there for nearly a thousand years, though these were punctuated by numerous invasions. It was during this period that they began to re-emerge as an independent entity, and the term Dodecanese itself dates to around the 8th century. Copious evidence of the Byzantine period remains on the islands today, most notably in hundreds of churches from the period which can be seen in various states of preservation.

In the 13th century, with the Fourth Crusade, Italians began invading portions of the Dodecanese, which had remained under the nominal power of the Empire of Nicea; Venetians (Querini, Cornaro) and Genoese families (Vignoli) each held some islands for brief periods, while Basilian monks ruled on Patmos and Leros. The Fourth Crusade (1202&ndash1204 was originally designed to conquer Muslim Jerusalem by means of an invasion through Egypt. The Empire of Nicaea ( Greek: Βασίλειον τῆς Νίκαιας Turkish: İznik İmparatorluğu) was the largest of the Byzantine Venice ( Italian: Venezia, Venetian: Venesia or Venexia) is a city in Northern Italy, the capital of the Cornaro is an illustrious patrician family in Venice, from which for centuries several Doges sprung Genoa ( Genova, ˈdʒɛːnova in Italian; Zena in Genoese and Ligurian; Genua in Latin and archaically in English Basil of Caesarea, also called Saint Basil the Great (c 330 – January 1, 379) (Άγιος Βασίλειος ο Μέγας Latin Finally, in the 14th century, the Byzantine era came to an end when the islands were taken by forces of the Knights Hospitaller (Knights of St. The Knights Hospitaller (also known as the Sovereign Military Hospitaller Order of St John): Rhodes was conquered in 1309, and the rest of the islands fell gradually over the next few decades. The Knights made Rhodes their stronghold, transforming its capital into a grandiose medieval city dominated by an impressive fortress, and scattered fortresses and citadels through the rest of the islands as well.

These massive fortifications proved sufficient to repel invasions by the Sultan of Egypt in 1444 and Mehmed II in 1480. Finally, however, the citadel at Rhodes fell to the large army of Suleiman the Magnificent in 1522, and the other islands were overrun within the year. Suleiman I (سليمان Sulaymān, Süleyman almost always Kanuni Sultan Süleyman) ( 6 November 1494 5/ 6 September 1566 The few remaining Knights fled to Malta. Malta, officially the Republic of Malta (Repubblika ta' Malta is a European Microstate, comprising an Archipelago of three islands

Ottoman rule

Thus began a period of several hundred years in the Ottoman Empire. The Ottoman Empire (1299–1923 ( Old Ottoman Turkish: دولتْ علیّه عثمانیّه Devlet-i Âliye-yi Osmâniyye, Late Ottoman and Modern Turkish The Dodecanese formed the Vilayet of the islands. A wilāyah (ولاية or vilâyet (in Persian and Ottoman Turkish) is an administrative division usually The population was allowed to retain a number of privileges provided it submitted to Ottoman rule. By Suleiman's edict, they paid a special tax in return for a special autonomous status that prohibited Ottoman generals from interfering in their civil affairs or mistreating the population. These guarantees, combined with a strategic location at the crossroads of Mediterranean shipping, allowed the islands to prosper. Although sympathies of the overwhelmingly-Greek population (only Rhodes and Kos had Turkish communities) leaned heavily towards Greece following its declaration of independence in 1822, the islanders did not join the Greek War of Independence, continuing instead a semi-autonomous existence as an archipelago of Greek merchants within the Ottoman Empire. The Greek War of Independence (1821–1829 also commonly known as the Greek Revolution (Ελληνική Επανάσταση Elliniki Epanastasi; Ottoman Indeed, the 19th century turned out to be one of the islands' most prosperous, and a number of mansions date from this era.

Italian rule

After the outbreak of the Italian-Turkish war over nearby Libya, the islands finally declared independence from the Ottoman Empire in 1912, proclaiming an independent state as the Federation of the Dodecanese Islands. The Italo-Turkish or Turco-Italian War (also known in Italy as guerra di Libia, "the Libyan war" and in Turkey as Trablusgarp Savaşı) was fought Libya ( ليبيا ar-Latn Lībiyā; Libyan vernacular: Lībya; Amazigh:) officially the Great Socialist People's Libyan Arab This nascent state was quashed almost immediately by the invasion of Italy, which wanted the islands, and particularly the fortress of Rhodes, to control communication between Turkey and Libya. Italy (Italia officially the Italian Republic, (Repubblica Italiana is located on the Italian Peninsula in Southern Europe, and on the two largest The Italians occupied all the Dodecanese except for Kastelorizo, which was temporarily seized later by France. " Castellorizon " is also the name of a song from David Gilmour's album On an Island, based on a night he spent on Kastelorizo in 2006 This article is about the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic France topics.

After the end of the war, according to the First Treaty of Lausanne, Italy maintained the occupation of the islands, as guarantee for the execution of the treaty. The Italo-Turkish or Turco-Italian War (also known in Italy as guerra di Libia, "the Libyan war" and in Turkey as Trablusgarp Savaşı) was fought Following the declaration of War of Italy against the Ottoman Empire (21 August 1915), the war occupation of the islands started again. Events 1192 - Minamoto Yoritomo becomes Seii Tai Shōgun and the De facto ruler of Japan. Year 1915 ( MCMXV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year

During World War I, with Italy allied to France and Britain, the islands became an important British and French naval base, used as a staging area for numerous campaigns, most famously the one at Gallipoli. World War I (abbreviated WWI; also known as the First World War, the Great War, and the War to End All This article is about the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic France topics. The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located A naval dockyard is a Dockyard that primarily serves a Navy. See also Military base Royal Navy Dockyards A staging area is a location where organisms people vehicles equipment or material are assembled prior to their use Gallipoli peninsula (Gelibolu Yarımadası is located in Turkish Thrace, the European part of Turkey, with the Aegean Sea to the west and the Dardanelles During the war, some of the smaller islands were occupied by the French and British, with Rhodes continuing as Italian-occupied.

Following the war, the Tittoni - Venizelos agreement, signed on July 29, 1919 called for the smaller islands to join with Greece, with Rhodes remaining Italian. Tommaso Tittoni ( November 16, 1855 &ndash February 7, 1931) was an Italian diplomat politician and Knight of the Annunziata Eleftherios Venizelos (full name Elefthérios Kyriákou Venizélos, Greek: Ελευθέριος Κυριάκου Βενιζέλος ( Mournies Events 1014 - Byzantine-Bulgarian Wars: Battle of Kleidion: Byzantine emperor Basil II inflicts a decisive defeat Year 1919 ( MCMXIX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Italy should have got in exchange southwest Anatolia with Antalya. Anatolia (Anadolu Ανατολία Anatolía) or Asia minor, comprising most of modern Turkey, is the geographic region bounded by the Black Antalya (formerly known as Adalia; from Pamphylian Greek: Αττάλεια Attália) is a city on the Mediterranean coast of southwestern The Greek defeat in the Greco-Turkish War and the foundation of modern Turkey made this solution impossible. With the Treaty of Lausanne the Dodecanese was then formally annexed by Italy, as the Possedimenti Italiani dell'Egeo. The Treaty of Lausanne ( July 24, 1923) was a Peace treaty signed in Lausanne that settled the Anatolian part of the Partitioning

The rise to power of Benito Mussolini and his Fascist Party in 1922 led to a period of repressive rule. The National Fascist Party ( Partito Nazionale Fascista; PNF was an Italian party created by Benito Mussolini as the political expression of Mussolini embarked on a program of Italianization, hoping to make Rhodes a modern transportation hub that would serve as a focal point for the spread of Italian culture through a planned Mediterranean empire. Italianization is a term used to describe a process of Cultural assimilation in which ethnically non- or partially- Italian people or territory become Italian Although the islands were overwhelmingly Greek-speaking, punctuated only by a Turkish-speaking minority (nearly 10,000) and even smaller Ladino-speaking Jewish minority (with only a few immigrated Italian speakers), schools were required to teach in Italian, and the Greek Orthodox religion of most of the inhabitants was strongly discouraged. Greek (el ελληνική γλώσσα or simply el ελληνικά — "Hellenic" is an Indo-European language, spoken today by 15-22 million people mainly Turkish ( tr Türkçe IPA) is a language spoken by over 63 million people worldwide making it the most commonly spoken of the Turkic languages. PLEASE TAKE NOTE************ Italian ( or lingua italiana) is a Romance language spoken by about 63 million people as a First language, primarily in Italy. The Church of Greece ( Greek: Ekklēsía tês Helládos, ekliˈsia tis eˈlaðos is one of the fifteen Autocephalous Eastern Orthodox churches These measures caused a good deal of Greek emigration from the island (by 1940 nearly half of the Greeks emigrated, mainly to the Americas), replaced by a moderate amount of Italian immigration.

The Palace of the Grand Master (of the Knights of St. John) in the city of Rhodes, rebuilt by the Italians in the 1930s

The Fascist program did have some positive effects in its attempts to modernize the islands, resulting in the eradication of malaria, the construction of hospitals, aqueducts, a power plant to provide Rhodes' capital with electric lighting and the establishment of the Dodecanese Cadastre. Malaria is a vector -borne Infectious disease caused by Protozoan Parasites It is widespread in tropical and subtropical regions including A hospital is an institution for Health care providing treatment by specialised staff and equipment and often but not always providing for An aqueduct is an artificial channel that is constructed to convey water from one location to another A power station (also referred to as generating station, power plant or powerhouse) is an industrial facility for the generation of A lamp is a replaceable component such as an Incandescent light bulb, which is designed to produce Light from Electricity. A cadastre (also spelled cadaster) is a comprehensive register of the Metes and bounds real property of a country and commonly includes details of The main castle of the Knights of St. John was also rebuilt. The concrete-dominated Fascist architectural style detracted significantly from the islands' picturesque scenery (and also reminded the inhabitants of Italian rule), and has consequently been largely demolished or remodeled, apart from the famous example of the Leros town of Lakki, which remains a prime example of the architecture. Leros ( Greek: Λέρος Italian: Lèro) is a Greek Island and municipality in the Dodecanese prefecture

From 1936 to 1940 Cesare Maria De Vecchi acted as governor of the Italian Aegean Islands promoting the official use of the Italian language and favoring a process of italianization, interrupted by the beginning of WWII. Cesare Maria De Vecchi ( 14 November, 1884 - 1959 was an Italian soldier colonial administrator and Fascist politician The Aegean Islands (Νησιά Αιγαίου Nisiá Aigaíou; Ege Adaları are a group of Islands in the Aegean Sea, with mainland Greece Italianization is a term used to describe a process of Cultural assimilation in which ethnically non- or partially- Italian people or territory become Italian ^[1] In the 1936 Italian census of the Dodecanese islands, the total population was 129,135, of which 7,015 Italians.

During World War II, Italy joined the Axis Powers, and used the Dodecanese as a naval staging area for its invasion of Crete in 1940. World War II, or the Second World War, (often abbreviated WWII) was a global military conflict which involved a majority of the world's nations, including The Axis powers also known as the Axis alliance Axis nations Axis countries or sometimes just the Axis were those Countries Crete ( Greek: Κρήτη transliteration: Krētē, modern transliteration Kriti) is the largest of the Greek islands and the After the surrender of Italy in September 1943, the islands briefly became a battleground between the Germans and Allied forces, including the Italians (see Battle of Leros). The Armistice with Italy was an Armistice signed on September 3 and publicly declared on September 8, 1943, during World War II, between Nazi Germany and the Third Reich are the common English names for Germany under the regime of Adolf Hitler and the National Socialist German Workers The Allies of World War II were the countries officially opposed to the Axis powers during the Second World War. The Battle of Leros (Μάχη της Λέρου was the central event of the Dodecanese Campaign of the Second World War, and is widely used as an alternate The Germans prevailed in the Dodecanese Campaign, and although they were driven out of mainland Greece in 1944, the Dodecanese remained occupied until the end of the war in 1945, during which time nearly the entire 6,000 Jewish population was deported and killed. The Dodecanese Campaign of World War II was an attempt by Allied forces mostly British, to capture the Italian -held Dodecanese islands The Holocaust (from the Greek el ''ὁλόκαυστον'' (el-Latn holókauston holos, "completely" and kaustos, "burnt" also known as Only 1200 of this ladino speaking Jewish survived, thanks to their lucky escape to the nearby coasts of Turkey. Turkey (Türkiye known officially as the Republic of Turkey ( is a Eurasian Country that stretches

Post-World War II

Following the war, the islands became a British military protectorate, and were almost immediately allowed to run their own civil affairs, upon which the islands became informally united with Greece, though under separate sovereignty and military control. Despite objections from Turkey, which desired the islands as well, they were formally united with Greece by the 1947 Peace Treaty with Italy, ending a seven-century long era of non-Greek rule over the islands. Turkey (Türkiye known officially as the Republic of Turkey ( is a Eurasian Country that stretches A century (from the Latin centum, meaning one hundred is One hundred consecutive Years Centuries are numbered ordinally (e As a legacy of its former status as a jurisdiction separate from Greece, it is still considered a separate "entity" for amateur radio purposes, essentially maintaining its status as an independent country "on the air. Amateur radio, often called ham radio, is both a Hobby and a service in which participants called "hams" use various types of Radio communications " Radio call signs in the Dodecanese begin with the prefix SV5. The International Telecommunication Union (ITU allocates call sign prefixes for radio and television stations of all types

Today, Rhodes and the Dodecanese are favorite travel destinations. The Old City of Rhodes, repaired and functioning as a living community behind its medieval walls, is particularly interesting. Rhodes (Ρόδος Ródos, ˈɾo̞ðo̞s Rodi ردوس Rodos; Ladino: Rodi or Rodes) is a Greek island

Municipalities and communities

References

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• Doumanis, Nicholas. Afantou (Αφάντου is a municipality on the island of Rhodes, in the Dodecanese, Greece. Dialing code 22410 corresponds to the north part of the island of Rhodes and includes the following areas Municipalities and communities 22410 20 Archangelos is a name of various towns and villages in Greece Archangelos Rhodes, a town in the island of Rhodes Archangelos Preveza, a Astipalea (or Astypalea or Astypalaia, Greek: Αστυπάλαια) is a Greek island with 1238 residents (2001 Census Atavyros (Ατάβυρος is a municipality on the island of Rhodes, in the Dodecanese, Greece. Empona (Έμπωνα is a mountainous village (1250 inhabitants halfway up the Attavyros, a gray rocky mountain of 1215 m height Halki (Χάλκη Chalki, Khalki, also Chalce) is a Greek island and municipality in the Dodecanese archipelago in Dikaio (Δίκαιο is a municipality on the island of Kos, in the Dodecanese prefecture of Greece. Ialysos ( Greek: Ιαλυσός also known as Trianta, is the second-largest town on the island of Rhodes (Ρόδος Rhodos) in Greece Irakleides (Ηρακλείδες is a municipality on the island of Kos, in the Dodecanese, Greece. Kallithea (Καλλιθέα is a municipality on the island of Rhodes, in the Dodecanese, Greece. Kalymnos, (Κάλυμνος is a Greek island and municipality in the southeastern Aegean Sea. Kameiros (Κάμειρος was a city on the island of Rhodes, Greece, lying on a Peninsula on the northwest coast of the island Soroni (Σορωνή is a small village on the island of Rhodes, Greece, on the northwest coast of the island (36°21'45 Karpathos (Κάρπαθος is the second largest of the Greek Dodecanese islands in the southeastern Aegean Sea. Kasos (also Kassos; Greek: Κάσος; Italian: Caso) is a Greek Island municipality in the Kos or Cos ( Greek: Κως Turkish: İstanköy; Italian: Coo formerly Stanchio in English is a Greek Leipsoi (Λειψοί also Lipsi) is an island south of Samos and to the north of Leros in Greece. Leros ( Greek: Λέρος Italian: Lèro) is a Greek Island and municipality in the Dodecanese prefecture Lindos (in Greek, Λίνδος) is a town and an archaeological site on the east coast of the Greek Island of Rhodes " Castellorizon " is also the name of a song from David Gilmour's album On an Island, based on a night he spent on Kastelorizo in 2006 Nisyros (Νίσυρος also transliterated Nissiros) is a volcanic Greek island and municipality located in the Aegean Sea. Patmos ( Greek, Πάτμος; Italian: Patmo) is a small Greek island in the Aegean Sea. Petaloudes (Πεταλούδες is a municipality on the island of Rhodes, in the Dodecanese, Greece. This page refers to Kremasti Rhodes For the village in Laconia of the same name see Kremasti Laconia. Rhodes ( Greek: Ρόδος - Ródos) is the principal city of the Greek island of Rhodes, in southeastern Aegean Sea and South Rhodes or Nótia Ródos (Νότια Ρόδος is a municipality on the island of Rhodes, in the Dodecanese prefecture in southeastern Gennadi is a small Greek village 64 km from Rhodes Town and 27 km from ancient Lindos. Symi ( Greek: Σύμη also transliterated Syme or Simi) is a small but historic Greek island and municipality. For the forested area on the island of La Palma, Canary Islands —see Los Tilos. Agathonísi (Αγαθονήσι is a small Island and community (Κοινότητα Αγαθονησίου located at the northernmost point of the Dodecanese Agathonísi (Αγαθονήσι is a small Island and community (Κοινότητα Αγαθονησίου located at the northernmost point of the Dodecanese Olympos (Όλυμπος is a community in the northern part of the island of Karpathos, in the Dodecanese, Greece. "Italians as "Good" Colonizers: Speaking Subalterns and the Politics of Memory in the Dodecanese," in Ruth Ben-Ghiat and Mia Fuller, ed. s, Italian Colonialism. New York: Palgarve Macmillian. 2005. ISBN 0312236492.

See also

• List of settlements in the Dodecanese prefecture