It was built as a celebration of freedom, just like the statue of liberty was (the Statue of Liberty is modeled after it) and to honor the Greek god of the sun, Helios.
To House a Beacon, Lighthouse, to guide Mariners into the Harbour of Rhodes.
Life was good when colossus was being built but slaves built it
Chares of Lindos.
No. The colossus of Rhodes was built before the idea of the statue of liberty and it was destroyed by an earthquake and the bronze stolen by invading Arabs. Those are two different statues. The statue of liberty stands in New York and the colossus of Rhodes used to stand on Rhodes. Rhodes referes to the Greek Island and not Rhode Island in New York. It was destroyed but it stood 30 meters high and was one of the 7 wonders of the ancient world. The liberty lady is a female and the colosus was a male.
The Colossus was one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World and was located in Rhodes, in Greece.
220 BCE
The Colossus of Rhodes was built on the island of Rhodes in Greece.
colossus was bulit in rhodes
In the city of Rhodes on the Greek island of Rhodes
The Colossus of Rhodes was built in 280 BC by Chares of Lindos. Chares was a Greek sculptor and built the Colossus to celebrate the victory of Rhodes over Antigonus I Monophtalmus of Cyprus.
280bc
Life was good when colossus was being built but slaves built it
It was built by the sculptor Chares of Lindoswas.
Chares of Lindos.
The Colossus of Rhodes was a statue of the Greek Titan Helios. It was built to celebrate the victory of the Rhodians over the ruler of Cyprus in 305 BC.
Built in the year 480 BC ( Before Christ)
The colossus of Rhodes WAS in the city of Rhodes
The colossus of Rhodes WAS in the city of Rhodes