Lying just south of
the city is Rodini Park,
a paradise of streams and paths winding
between pine trees, oleander bushes, cypress
trees and maple. Within the park is a small
zoo whose inhabitants include the Rhodian
Deer, a protected species only usually found
in the mountains of the island.
The location of the park is one of particular
historical interest, reputedly the site
of the School of Rhetoric where many famous
Greeks and Romans studied, including Julius
Caesar, Cato the Younger, Cicero, Pompey,
Brutus, Cassius and Mark Anthony.
Besides its natural beauty, the park contains
the remains of an 3rd century necropolis
with Doric-style tombs and the Tomb
of Ptolemeus, carved from living
rock.
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