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 * The Colossus of Rhodes was a huge statue of sun God HELIOS made of bronze which was at the [[image:Dibujo2.jpg width="284" height="210" align="right"]]entrance to the island of Rhodes in Greece. It was built 12 years after the victories of the Greeks over Demetrius looking to conquer this place. **
 * [[image:Dibujo3.jpg width="285" height="212" align="left"]]Thousands of passengers traveled to the island to see the incredible work that could be seen from several miles before reaching the coast of Greece. **

**Rhodes was the victim of an earthquake 56 years after the construction was finished, which could not resist and ended up collapsing like so many buildings in the isaland. The vast majority of the debris fell into the sea where they remained for over 800 years intact**.
 * The legends and the popularity of this statue have been growing over the centuries, and have even shoot a feature film with this argument. **
 * The film Colossus of Rhodes was created in 1961 by an Italian director: Sergio Leone. It is mainly based on an Athenian military trip to Rhodes to the unveiling of the statue and is involved in a rebellion against the governor. The movie shows many scenes of colossus with which we imagine the greatness that represented **


 * There have been more than two millennia. All the wonders still standing fell, mainly victims of earthquakes. except the pyramids of Giza. **
 * Them and the evidence of the other 6 wonders remind us of the greatness that we can build and that architecture is a discipline that has existed in man forever **

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