Revisiting the Archaic shrine, ‘La Chapelle’, of Vroulia (Rhodes)

The archaeological site of Vroulia lies on the south coast of Rhodes, an island which, as noted by N. Kourou, lies directly on the coastal route of anyone sailing from the Levant or Cyprus to the Aegean’.¹ Therefore, the Archaic settlement of Vroulia, at the southernmost cape of the island, occupies a strategic position, providing an anchorage at the crossroads of sea-routes between the Eastern and Western Mediterranean regions (Figure 1). Built on the crest of a small headland, the site is also one of the most ancient settlements of the Aegean, with an organised and rectilinear arrangement plan.2 Another