Poseidon
Seven-metre bronze sea god by Carl Milles, rising from a fountain at the head of the grand avenue.
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This guide to Poseidon on Götaplatsen in Gothenburg goes back to a September day in nineteen thirty-one, when some twenty thousand people gathered to see Carl Milles unveil his seven-metre sea god and did not all like what they saw. It follows the sculptor, his critics and a quarrel over proportions that the city still jokes about. Listen from the square, with the Concert Hall steps within reach.
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