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Categories: Greek Antiquity in art and culture, Hellenistic and Roman bronzes, Buildings and structures in Rhodes (city), Culture of Rhodes, Buildings and structures damaged by earthquakes

Colossus of Rhodes Collossus of rhodes Colossus of Rhodes Collapse Colossus of rhodos Colosus of Rhodes

A huge bronze statue of the sun god Helios that was built around 285 BC and that stood beside the harbor entrance on the island of Rhodes for about 50 years before it was toppled by an earthquake WordNet 3.0

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The Colossus of Rhodes was a statue of the Greek Titan god of the sun Helios, erected in the city of Rhodes, on the Greek island of the same name, by Chares of Lindos in 280 BC. Wikipedia

A bronze statue of the Greek god Helios Wikipedia Disambiguation

A statue of Greek god Helios in ancient Rhodes, Greece. One of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World. Wiktionary

The statue of Helios. Wiktionary (translation)

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statue

colossal statue

PART OF

Seven Wonders of the Ancient World

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Chares of Lindos

CAUSE OF DESTRUCTION

226 BC Rhodes earthquake