Along the dock on the way to the castle.

The snakes represent the medical profession As little a Ptricia likes snakes, I am surprised she even took this picture.

A map of the castle

Every Templar Master left a distinct coat of arms.

Now where do these go... This is actually a display of some of the dfferent column capitals found in the castle.

Note the narrow, defensible layout of the street.

The walls are very thick.

There were reliefs stuck everywhere.

The castle is part of the underwater museum. (No, the museum itself was not underwater, as I thought). We visited a very nice display of amphorae that had been recovered rom wrecks that were very old to almost current.

As they were stacked in the sunken ship.

A cut-away model of a trading ship from 2,000 years ago.

Artifacts recovered from a sunken ship.

You basic rat with wings as found all over the world.

Replica of a recovered ship. The first third is inside what used to be a church in the castle.

A remnant of the Ottoman empire

Glass was transported in ingots/blocks. This recovered glass ingot had a light shining from below.

An old evil eye protection. Does anyone but me see the similarity to a design from Egypt?

The various towers were built and manned by people from diffent European countries and thus had different styles.

Cen and Patricia waiting in the shade.