Amphitrite - Mannheimer Wasserturm - Mannheim, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
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N 49° 29.043 E 008° 28.535
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Amphitrite located on the top of the water tower in Mannheim.
Waymark Code: WMPEGH
Location: Baden-Württemberg, Germany
Date Posted: 08/18/2015
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"Auf dem kegelförmigen, in Teilflächen gegliederten Kupferdach des Wasserturms befindet sich eine etwa 3,50 m hohe, von Johannes Hoffart entworfene und in Kupferblech ausgeführte Statue der Amphitrite, der Gattin des Meeresgottes Poseidon aus der griechischen Mythologie." Wikipedia (
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On the cone-shaped, articulated in subareas copper roof of the water tower is an approximately 3.50 m high statue of Amphitrite, wife of Poseidon in the Greek mythology, designed by Johannes Hoffart and executed in sheet copper. Wikipedia, translated by lumbricus
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