Montpellier Walk and the caryatids
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Montpellier Walk and the caryatids
Image: © David Stowell Taken: 1 Dec 2006
Looking along this 1840s parade of shops with their cornices supported by 32 armless ladies or caryatids. These are loosely modelled on those at the Erechtheion on the Acropolis in Athens. A nearby Image offers a further explanation.
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Image Location
Latitude
51.89472
Longitude
-2.082786