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In the second picture: the stone cannon balls, Rhodes, Greece. There are many of them around the city, and the largest are in diameter about 65 cm and weigh about 0.5 ton. Probably, they were brought by the Ottomans during the Siege of Rhodes, the successful attempt to expel the Knights of St John from their island, in 1522 and were left there
Author: Algirdas Stočkus
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