Street of Knights
This historic cobblestone lane, known in Greek as Ippoton, runs east from the Palace of the Grand Master to the harbor, and was once part of a longer path that wound its way to the acropolis. During its medieval heyday it became a residential quarter. It is bordered on both sides by the seven "Inns of the Tongues"—auberges where visiting Knights of the Order of St. John were domiciled according to their spoken language. These were heavily renovated during the 1930s, under Italian occupation, and today mostly hold consulates and government institutions. They are nevertheless wonderfully atmospheric to wander. The most elaborate example is the Inn of France, whose ornately carved facade still bears its heraldic fleurs-de-lis patterns, and an inscription that dates the building to 1492 and its commission by Emery d'Ambroise.
