South Aegean Islands
Dodecanese
Rhodes

Colossus of Rhodes

The Colossus of Rhodes was a of the Greek sun god Helios, erected in the city of , on the Greek , by Chares of Lindos in 280 BC.
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Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Fort of St. Nicholaos and Murat Reis Mosque.

Castle
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is a castle.

Mosque
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The is a historical Ottoman-era mosque in the Aegean island of , in . Named in honour of Murat Reis the Elder, an important admiral of the Ottoman Navy, the mosque still stands, it is in need of restoration and is not open for worship, similar to the majority of Ottoman mosques found in Rhodes. is situated 350 metres west of Colossus of Rhodes.

Public aquarium
The , also known as the Hydrobiological Station of Rhodes, is a research centre, aquarium and in , . It was built in the 1930s, when the island was under the Italian rule and is currently administered by the Hellenic Centre for Marine Research. is situated 1 km northwest of Colossus of Rhodes.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Rhodes and Medieval city of Rhodes.

Photo: Xlibber, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is the largest settlement and capital city of the island of . It is famous as the former site of the Colossus, one of the seven wonders of the ancient world, and as the oldest inhabited medieval town in Europe.

Suburb
Photo: Olbertz, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The was constructed around 1309 to 1523 and is part of the modern on the Island of Rhodes in . The site was added to the UNESCO World Heritage list in 1988.

Town
is a village on the island of . It is located 5 miles from Rhodes town and 6 miles from the island resort of and the . is situated 7 km south of Colossus of Rhodes.

Colossus of Rhodes

Latitude
36.45131° or 36° 27′ 5″ north
Longitude
28.2278° or 28° 13′ 40″ east
Open location code
8G8CF62H+G4
Open­Street­Map ID
node 7875060900
Open­Street­Map feature
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Wiki­data ID
Q41553
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Yue Chinese—“Colossus of Rhodes” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Colossus van Rhodus‎”
  • Afrikaans: “Kolos van Rhodos”
  • Albanian: “Kolosi i Rodosit”
  • Ancient Greek (to 1453): “Ὁ Κολοσσὸς Ῥόδιος”
  • Arabic: “أبوللو رودس”
  • Arabic: “أبولو رودوس”
  • Arabic: “ابولو رودس”
  • Arabic: “العملاق رودس”
  • Arabic: “عملاق رودس”
  • Armenian: “Հռոդոսի կոթող”
  • Asturian: “Colosu de Rodes”
  • Azerbaijani: “Rodos Heykəli”
  • Azerbaijani: “Rodos nəhəngi”
  • Azerbaijani: “Rodoslu Kolossun heykəli”
  • Azerbaijani: “Rodoslu Kolosun Heykəli”
  • Bashkir: “Колосс Родосский”
  • Basque: “Rodasko kolosoa”
  • Basque: “Rodasko Kolosoa”
  • Belarusian: “Калёс Радоскі”
  • Belarusian: “Калёс Родаскі”
  • Belarusian: “Калос Радоскі”
  • Bengali: “রোডস এর মূর্তি”
  • Bosnian: “Kolos s Rodosa”
  • Bosnian: “Kolos sa Rodosa”
  • Breton: “Keurzelwenn Rodos”
  • Breton: “Ramz Rodoz”
  • Bulgarian: “Колос в Родос”
  • Bulgarian: “Колос на Родос”
  • Bulgarian: “Колоса в Родос”
  • Bulgarian: “Колоса на Родос”
  • Bulgarian: “Колосът в Родос”
  • Bulgarian: “Колосът на Родос”
  • Bulgarian: “Родоски колос”
  • Bulgarian: “Родоския колос”
  • Bulgarian: “Родоският колос”
  • Burmese: “ရုတ်ဒ်၏ ရုပ်ထု”
  • Catalan: “Colós de Rodes”
  • Chinese: “Colossus of Rhodes”
  • Chinese: “Rodos ê Kī-siōng”
  • Chinese: “太陽神銅像”
  • Chinese: “罗得岛太阳神巨像”
  • Chinese: “罗得岛太阳神铜像”
  • Chinese: “罗得岛巨像”
  • Chinese: “羅得島太陽神銅像”
  • Chuvash: “Родос Колосĕ”
  • Croatian: “Kolos s otoka Roda”
  • Croatian: “Kolos s Roda”
  • Croatian: “Kolos s Rodosa”
  • Czech: “Kolos rhodský”
  • Czech: “Rhodský kolos”
  • Danish: “Kolossen på Rhodos”
  • Dhivehi: “Colossus of Rhodes”
  • Dhivehi: “ރޯޑެޒްގެ ކޮލޯސަސް ބުދު”
  • Dutch: “Colossus van Rhodos”
  • Dutch: “Colossus van Rodos”
  • Dutch: “Kolos van Rhodos”
  • Dutch: “Kolos van Rodos”
  • Dutch: “Kolossus van Rhodos”
  • Dutch: “Kolossus van Rodos”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “تمثال رودس”
  • Esperanto: “Koloso de Rodoso”
  • Estonian: “Rhodose koloss”
  • Estonian: “Roodose koloss”
  • Finnish: “Kolossi”
  • Finnish: “Rhodoksen kolossi”
  • Finnish: “Rodoksen kolossi”
  • French: “colosse de Rhodes”
  • French: “Colosse de Rhodes”
  • French: “Le colosse de rhodes”
  • Galician: “Coloso de Rodas”
  • Georgian: “როდოსის კოლოსი”
  • German: “Helios von Rhodos”
  • German: “Koloss von Rhodos”
  • German: “Koloss von Rhódos”
  • German: “Koloß von Rhodos”
  • German: “Kolossos von Rhodos”
  • Greek: “Κολοσσός της Ρόδου”
  • Hebrew: “הקולוסוס מרודוס”
  • Hebrew: “הקולוסוס של רודוס”
  • Hindi: “रोडेस कि विशालमूर्ति”
  • Hindi: “रोड्स का कॉलॉसस”
  • Hungarian: “rodoszi kolosszus”
  • Hungarian: “Rodoszi kolosszus”
  • Hungarian: “Ródoszi Kolosszus”
  • Icelandic: “Kólossos á Ródos”
  • Icelandic: “Risinn á Ródos”
  • Ido: “Koloso di Rhodes”
  • Ido: “Koloso di Rodos”
  • Indonesian: “Colossus of Rhodes”
  • Indonesian: “Colossus Rhodes”
  • Indonesian: “Colossus rodos”
  • Indonesian: “Kolossos Rodos”
  • Indonesian: “Kolosus di Rodos”
  • Irish: “Colasas Ródas”
  • Irish: “Olldealbh Ródas”
  • Italian: “Colosso di Rodi”
  • Japanese: “アポロの巨像”
  • Japanese: “ヘリオスの巨像”
  • Japanese: “ロードスの巨人像”
  • Japanese: “ロードスの巨像”
  • Japanese: “ロードス島の巨人像”
  • Japanese: “ロードス島の巨像”
  • Japanese: “ロドスの巨像”
  • Japanese: “ロドス島の巨像”
  • Javanese: “Colossus Rodos”
  • Javanese: “Kolosus ing Rodos”
  • Kazakh: “Родос Колосы”
  • Korean: “로도스의 거상”
  • Latin: “Colossus Rhodi”
  • Latvian: “Rodas koloss”
  • Lithuanian: “Rodo kolosas”
  • Luxembourgish: “Koloss vu Rhodos”
  • Macedonian: “Колос од Родос”
  • Malay: “Patung Raksasa Rhodes”
  • Marathi: “ऱ्होड्स बेटांवरील पुतळा”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Rodos ê Kī-siōng”
  • Mingrelian: “როდოსიშ კოლოსი”
  • Mongolian: “Родос арлын Гелиосын хөшөө”
  • Nepali: “रोडेसको कोलोसस”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Kolossen på Rhodos”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Kolossen på Rhodos”
  • Norwegian: “Kolossen på Rhodos”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Colòs de Ròdes”
  • Persian: “تندیس غول پیکر رودس”
  • Persian: “تندیس غول‌پیکر رودس”
  • Persian: “غول رودس”
  • Persian: “مجسمه رودس”
  • Polish: “Kolos Rodyjski”
  • Polish: “Kolos z Rodos”
  • Polish: “Rodyjski Kolos”
  • Portuguese: “Colosso de Rhodes”
  • Portuguese: “Colosso de Rodes”
  • Quechua: “Rodospi Kolossos”
  • Romanian: “Colosul din Rhodos”
  • Romanian: “Colosul din Rodos”
  • Russian: “Колосс Родосский”
  • Russian: “Колосс, Родосский”
  • Russian: “Родосский Колосс”
  • Russian: “Статуя Гелиоса в Родосе”
  • Serbian: “Колос са Родоса”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Kolos s otoka Roda”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Kolos s Roda”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Kolos s Rodosa”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Kolos sa Rodosa”
  • Sicilian: “Culossu di Rodi”
  • Sinhala: “රෝඩ්ස්හි කොලෝසස් ප්‍රතිමාව”
  • Slovak: “Rhodoský kolos”
  • Slovak: “Rodoský kolos”
  • Slovak: “Rodský kolos”
  • Slovak: “Ródsky kolos”
  • Slovenian: “kolos na Rodosu”
  • Slovenian: “rodoški kolos”
  • Slovenian: “Rodoški kolos”
  • Spanish: “Coloso de Rodas”
  • Spanish: “El Coloso de Rodas”
  • Swahili: “Sanamu ya Kolossos kisiwani Rhodos”
  • Swedish: “Koloss”
  • Swedish: “Kolossen på Rhodos”
  • Tagalog: “Colossus ng Rhodes”
  • Tajik: “Мучасамаи аполлон”
  • Tajik: “Муҷассамаи Аполлон”
  • Tamil: “ரோடொஸின் கொலோசஸ்”
  • Tatar: “Rodos Kolossı”
  • Thai: “เทวรูปโคโลสซูส”
  • Thai: “มหารูปแห่งโรดส์”
  • Turkish: “Kolossos”
  • Turkish: “Rodos Heykeli”
  • Ukrainian: “Колос Родоський”
  • Urdu: “روڈس کا مجسمہ”
  • Uzbek: “Gelios haykali”
  • Vietnamese: “Tượng thần Mặt trời ở đảo Rhodes”
  • Vietnamese: “Tượng thần Mặt Trời ở Rhodes”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Coloso han Rodas”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Colossus of Rhodes”
  • Welsh: “Colossus Rhodes”
  • Welsh: “Colosws Rhodos”
  • Western Panjabi: “رہوڈز دا کلوسس”
  • Wu Chinese: “罗得岛太阳神铜像”
  • Yue Chinese: “羅得島太陽神銅像”

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Φάρος Αγίου Νικολάου and Elafos.

Nearby Places

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