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Tallinn
Harjumaa

Estonia puiestee 6
(Tallinna Reaalkool - side Georg Otsa)

Karüatiidid

Caryatids

August Volz
1881-83

Description

Six female figures between the side windows depicting various school disciplines (book, sculpture, paint brush palette and other attributes).

Artist

August Volz - Latvian Augusts Folcs (Magdeburg 1851 - Riga 1926), German-Latvian sculptor from Riga (Wikipedia).

Sources & Information

Tallinna Reaalkool, The Building of Tallinn Secondary Science School.
Kultuurimälestiste riiklik register, Mälestised, No. 1072.

Location (N 59°26'2" - E 24°44'57") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: ee035; Photograph: 7 July 2013
Of each statue we made photos from various angles and also detail photos of the various texts.
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