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Colossus of Rhodes

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General Information

Function / usage: Statue
Built: 294 B.C. - 282 B.C.
Status: destroyed (226B.C.)

Geographic Information & Related Structures

Location: Rhodes, Dodecanese, South Aegean, Greece, Europe

Technical Information

Dimensions

height 33 m

Materials

skin bronze

Chronology

226 B.C.

An earthquake devastates the city of Rhodes and the colossus breaks at the knee. Ptolemy III Eurgetes of Egypt offers to cover the restoration costs, but an oracle forbids the reconstructions. The ruins are left standing.
654

Arabs invade Rhodes, dismantle the remains of the statue and sell them.

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Internal Information

Structure-ID: s0002409
Created: 21/11/2001
Last Updated: 27/02/2013