Mercurio - Bergen, Norway
Posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member Ariberna
N 60° 23.538 E 005° 19.427
32V E 297452 N 6700753
Statue in building.
Waymark Code: WM1C694
Location: Vestland, Norway
Date Posted: 06/13/2025
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member geobwong2k
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Torgallminningen and Ole Bulls plass this large building ranges over 6 floors and has a basement that extends below the sidewalk. In typical Modernist style, it features continuous ribbon windows and is topped-off by a 40 metre high pedestal on top of which is a 3.5 metre statue of Mercury, the god of trade, profit and commerce. The statue is the work of Sophus Madsen.

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"Mercury is the first planet from the Sun. It is a rocky planet with a trace atmosphere. While it is the smallest and least massive planet of the Solar System, its surface gravity is slightly higher than that of Mars. The surface of Mercury is similar to Earth's Moon, heavily cratered, with expansive rupes system, generated from thrust faults, and bright ray systems, formed by ejecta. Its largest crater, Caloris Planitia, has a diameter of 1,550 km (960 mi), which is about one-third the diameter of the planet (4,880 km or 3,030 mi). Being the most inferior orbiting planet it appears in Earth's sky, always close to the Sun, either as a "morning star" or an "evening star". It stays most of the time the closest to all other planets and is the planet with the highest delta-v needed to travel to from all other planets of the Solar System."

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Celestial Body: Mercury

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