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The Echo of Poseidon

North Rhine-Westphalia

Münster District

Ruhr Region

The Echo of Poseidon

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The Echo of Poseidon

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Location: Ruhr Region, Münster District, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

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Koga-Willi 🚲👣🇩🇪🇺🇦

March 13, 2020

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“Echo des Poseidon” is the name of the ten-meter-high work of art, which shows the five-meter-high head of the Greek god looking west over the Rhine.

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PeterH65 (a.k.a. "Waldorf")

January 23, 2022

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"The 10 m high sculpture by Markus Lüpertz has been on Mercator Island since 2016. The sculpture was welded together from 75 individual parts to mark the 300th anniversary of the port."
duisburg.de/microsites/sieben_bezirke/homberg_ruhrort_baerl/ruhrort/echo-des-poseidon.php

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the-duesseldorfer.de/rheinbauten-5-rheinorange-und-echo-des-poseidon-bei-duisburg-ruhrort

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Georg A.

May 23, 2021

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one wonders what's there. Then, it's art, it is declared, a bronze sculpture of the sea god Poseideon. However, in my understanding, it lacks the trident

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The Echo of Poseidon – Horst-Schimanski Alley (Duisburg-Ruhrort) loop from Homberg

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Duisburg-Ruhrort Harbor – Horst-Schimanski Alley (Duisburg-Ruhrort) loop from Rathaus

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Elevation 70 m

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Tuesday 5 May

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Location: Ruhr Region, Münster District, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

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Duisburg-Ruhrort Harbor – Horst-Schimanski Alley (Duisburg-Ruhrort) loop from Museum der Deutschen Binnenschifffahrt

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The Echo of Poseidon – Horst-Schimanski Alley (Duisburg-Ruhrort) loop from Homberg

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Duisburg-Ruhrort Harbor – Horst-Schimanski Alley (Duisburg-Ruhrort) loop from Rathaus

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