🇬🇷 Greece · Archaeological wonder
Colossus of Rhodes site
Hellenistic 292–280 BCE; destroyed 226 BCE · Greek Rhodian (Hellenistic)
33-m bronze sun-god toppled by earthquake 54 years after raising.
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🇬🇷 Greece · Archaeological wonder
Hellenistic 292–280 BCE; destroyed 226 BCE · Greek Rhodian (Hellenistic)
33-m bronze sun-god toppled by earthquake 54 years after raising.