Colossus of Rhodes

... to celebrate a foiled siege of the city, the Rhodians apparently built one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World - the Colossus of Rhodes - a 32 metre high bronze statue of a bloke straddling a waterway, holding a giant flaming pot on his head. As you ...

... effort, however, Rhodes rebuffed his attacks. To commemorate its improbable victory, Rhodes set about building the Colossus of Rhodes, a thirty-two meter high bronze statue of Apollo. Construction took several years, but upon completion there seemed to ...

... had the whole day to spend in Rhodes before our next ferry departed. Rhodes was famous worldwide in the ancient world for the Colossus of Rhodes, a magnificent bronze statue of Helios, a Greek God. It was one of the seven wonders of the Ancient world. ...

Rhodes - the 4th largest Greek isle. The Colossus of Rhodes - one of the 7 wonders of the ancient world. Next time, I would not take a tour but just walk into town.

Hard to imagine the Colossus of Rhodes (ancient wonder no longer there) over the harbor. The deer marks one of the alleged spots of one of the feet. Ships would sail between the legs.   Walked around the old city. The medieval ...

... a World Heritage Site. And now it is a big tourist destination. We  are physically closer to Turkey than mainland Greece.  The Colossus of Rhodes,  in honour of the sun god Helio, was one of the original Seven Wonders of the World. The ...

... Greek Isles.  We saw the medieval old town, the Acropolis (yes, Rhodes has one too), and the site where the Colossus of Rhodes presumably stood in ancient times.  We also got in a little beach time and visited a neat pottery factory.

... travel to our next port Rhodes. It was raining as we caught the first glimpses of the point, the old site of the Colossus of Rhodes that guarded the entrance to the harbour. The huge fort with massive towers encircled Old Town and dominated the vista as ...

... the island's navy dominated the Mediterranean Sea and in the third century BC it built one of the Seven Wonders of the World, the Colossus of Rhodes, a 100-foot bronze statue of Helios. It took twelve years to build but was destroyed by an earthquake in ...

... are bungalow style spread through the gardens to the beach. For a stay in the historic capital of Rhodos Town (home of the Colossus of Rhodes - not there anymore!) I would suggest the charming Rodos Park  a luxury suite hotel central in the town. ...

... Piraeus, Janos (Yanos) was wonderful.  They even have a tiny little aquarium.  And we saw where the legendary Colossus of Rhodes supposedly stood.  I wish I could download photos, but will definitely do so when I get home, if not from Rome ...

... most popular destinations in the Greek Isles apparently. Rhodes is perhaps most famous for one of the Seven Wonders of the World - The Colossus of Rhodes. The island of Rhodes (Rhodes city is on the northernmost tip) is at the crossroads between Europe, ...