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Submitted: February 4, 2007
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Make:Canon
Model:Canon PowerShot S70
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Date Taken:Feb 3, 2007, 7:14:51 PM

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Love This Cityby ~vainas

Photography / Architecture / Statues & Monuments

Photo taken at Piccadilly Circus in London, UK.

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"... for many years, Piccadilly Circus - at the junction of five busy streets - has been a famous London Landmark. At its heart and backlit by colorful electric displays is a bronze fountain topped by a figure of a winged archer. The statue is popularly called EROS, the pagan god of love, but it was in fact designed in the 19th century as a symbol of Christian charity - a monument to Lord Shaftesbury, a philanthropist.

The famous statue of Eros in Piccadilly Circus is one of the symbols of London. It was originally called the Shaftesbury Monument, having been erected as a memorial to the philanthropist Lord Shaftesbury.

The actual figure rises above a fountain, which is made in bronze, but Eros is made out of aluminum, at that time a rare and novel material ..."

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