Gustaf Adolf's square
Historic civic square ringed by city halls and the bourse, guarded by a bronze founder-king.
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About this audio guide
This guide to Gustaf Adolfs torg in Gothenburg is about the bronze king in its centre, Gustav II Adolf, honoured as the city's founder and caught pointing at the ground. It begins in 1845, when the city commissioned the sculptor Bengt Erland Fogelberg, and follows the troubles that met him at a foundry in Rome. Stand facing the statue's pointing hand while you listen.
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