The Colossus of Rhodes San Marco showing a man offering a

showing a man offering a bun on a stick to a bear clinging to a pole

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Garibaldi's army was defeated at Aspromonte

The 'Blind Beggar' Public House on Whitechapel Road in Mile End

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The Colossus of Rhodes San Marco showing a man offering aThe Colossus of Rhodes, 18th century. The Colossus of Rhodes, one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, was a lighthouse in the form of a giant statue of the god Helios, marking the entrance to the harbour by holding a flaming torch in its hand. It was constructed in c292 280 BC. The statue broke off at the knees when a powerful earthquake struck Rhodes in 226 BC.