Venus - Cardiff Castle, Wales.
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N 51° 28.877 W 003° 10.929
30U E 487351 N 5703363
Venus had a Planet named after her. (how epic is that). Venus the mythical Roman goddess principally associated with love, beauty, sex, fertility, prosperity and military victory.
Waymark Code: WMEA9R
Location: South Wales, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 04/26/2012
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member saopaulo1
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The Cardiff Castle Clock Tower is highly decorative. The main features are seven over life-sized figures representing the planets, one of these is Venus, dressed in a green and gold medieval costume, The figures stand on pedestals and hold attributes relating to their sign of the Zodiac.

"Original building on the site of Cardiff Castle began almost 2,000 years ago and culminated in the nineteenth century with the fantastical High Gothic structure that we see today. The present Cardiff Castle evolved from a house owned by the 3rd Marquis of Bute who enlisted the extraordinary skills of the architect William Burges (1827–81) to redesign the structure and its interiors. Burges unveiled designs for the clock tower exterior and its sculptures at the Royal Academy in 1870.

Seven nine-foot high statues have guarded the tower since it was built, between 1869 and 1873, but over the last century attempts to repaint and decorate the figures have altered their original appearance.

Portrayed in medieval costume, the statues are known as Saturn, Jupiter, Mars, Sol, Venus, Mercury, and Luna. This listing features 'Venus' sculpted By Thomas Nicholls.

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Name: 'Venus'

Figure Type: Human

Artist Name: Architect, William Burges & Sculptor, Thomas Nicholls.

Date created or placed: 1870

Materials used: Stone

Location: Cardiff Castle. City centre.
Time Period: Ancient

Approximate Date of Epic Period: From the third century BC

Epic Type: Mythical

Exhibit Type: Figure, Statue, 3D Art

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