Poseidon - Turku, Finland
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N 60° 26.847 E 022° 15.732
34V E 569446 N 6701909
Poseidon hahmo talon päädyssä. Epic Poseidon figure at the end of the building.
Waymark Code: WM16V9V
Location: Finland
Date Posted: 10/09/2022
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[FIN] Mytologiassa: Poseidon oli kreikkalaisessa mytologiassa meren jumala. Hänet tunnetaan myös myrskyjen, maanjäristysten ja hevosten jumalana.
Oikeassa elämässä: Asunto Oy Poseidon on Turussa osoitteessa Linnankatu oleva vuonna 1955 valmistunut rakennus. Talossa on toiminut Turun kaupungin terveysasema koululaisille. Rakennuksen on suunnitelleet Viljo Laitsalmi ja Knut von Troil. Kaupungin talorakennustoimiston arkkitehdin, Viljo Laitsalmen 50-luvulla suunnittelemia taloja on yhä Turussa suuret määrät.
Poseidon talon pohjoispäädyssä on kookas seinään tehty taideteos tästä merten Jumalasta. Taideteoksen tekijää ei ole tiedossa.
[EN] In mythology: Poseidon was the god of the sea in Greek mythology. He is also known as the god of storms, earthquakes and horses.
In real life: Asunto Oy Poseidon is a building completed in 1955 at Linnankatu in Turku. The Turku city health center for school children has operated in the building. The building was designed by Viljo Laitsalmi and Knut von Troil. There are still large numbers of houses in Turku designed by Viljo Laitsalmi, the architect of the city's building construction office in the 1950s.
At the north end of Poseidon's house, there is a large wall-mounted artwork of this God of the seas. The author of the artwork is unknown.
Time Period: Ancient
Epic Type: Religous
Exhibit Type: Other
Approximate Date of Epic Period: Not listed
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