Editing Colossus of Rhodes (section)

==Possible locations==
[[File:Mandraki colosseus harbour rhodes.jpg|thumb|The old harbour entrance from inner embankment. The [[Fortifications of Rhodes#Tower and Fort of Saint Nicholas|Fortress of St Nicholas]] is on right]]
While scholars generally agree that anecdotal depictions of the Colossus straddling the harbour's entry point have no historic or scientific basis,<ref name="Jordan" /> the monument's actual location remains a matter of debate. As mentioned above the statue is thought locally to have stood where two pillars now stand at the Mandraki port entrance.

The floor of the [[Fortifications of Rhodes#Tower and Fort of Saint Nicholas|Fortress of St Nicholas]], near the harbour entrance, contains a circle of sandstone blocks of unknown origin or purpose. Curved blocks of marble that were incorporated into the Fortress structure, but are considered too intricately cut to have been quarried for that purpose, have been posited as the remnants of a marble base for the Colossus, which would have stood on the sandstone block foundation.<ref name="Jordan" />

[[File:Temple Apollon Rhodes.jpg|thumb|Stone foundation and partially-reconstructed temple ruins at the apex of the [[Acropolis of Rhodes]]]]
Archaeologist Ursula Vedder postulates that the Colossus was not located in the harbour area at all, but rather was part of the [[Acropolis of Rhodes]], which stood on a hill that overlooks the port area. The ruins of a large temple, traditionally thought to have been dedicated to Apollo, are situated at the highest point of the hill. Vedder believes that the structure would actually have been a Helios sanctuary, and a portion of its enormous stone foundation could have served as the supporting platform for the Colossus.<ref>{{cite web |title=Koloss von Rhodos: Standort entdeckt! |quote=Exklusiv in P.M. History: Sensationelle Theorie der Münchner |agency=Pressemitteilung Gruner+Jahr, P.M. History |website=presseportal.de |date=April 2008 |url=http://www.presseportal.de/pm/55502/1174399/gruner_jahr_p_m_history/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080511043528/http://www.presseportal.de/pm/55502/1174399/gruner_jahr_p_m_history/ |archive-date=2008-05-11}}</ref>