Landmark · Greece · Demolished
Colossus of Rhodes
The Colossus of Rhodes was a giant bronze statue of the sun god Helios erected in the city of Rhodes and completed c. 280 BC by Chares of Lindos. About 32–33 metres tall on a high white‑marble pedestal, it stood as a landmark at the harbour or acropolis and was long famed as one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World. The statue collapsed in an earthquake in 226 BC and its remains were later removed.
First raised
284 BC
Its prime
280 BC
Today
Demolished
As it stood in 280 BC
What Colossus of Rhodes looked like in its prime.
A towering nude male figure of Helios, roughly 32–33 m high, clad in joined bronze plates with visible riveted seams, standing on a 12–15 m white marble cylindrical or octagonal pedestal. The bronze surface catches sunlight and shows warm brown to greenish tones; the head has curled hair often shown with radiating sun‑rays. The figure dominates the harbour skyline, dwarfing ships and people gathered at the waterline; the silhouette reads clearly against sea and sky.
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