THE COLUSSES OF RHODES

The Collusses of Rhodes was a gift from America to France.

It is ofcourse well known because it is one of the wonders of the world it is also known because it is from the first 7 wonders.

The Collusses is the statue of Greece his two legs are on the harbor one on a side and the other is on the other side so tourists not only tourists anyone that has a ship or is riding on a ship if he goes to Greece and goes to the harbor they could pass from beneath his legs.

The Collusses was conquered by 3 people they were: Mausolus of Halicarnusses, the Persians, and Alexander the great in 332.

The statue of the Greek (the Collusses of Rhodes) was constructed by the architect chares, a student of Lysippus, creator of the 60 foot statue of Zeus.

The Collusses is actually on an island called Rhodes near Asia Minor.