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Pluto and Proserpine

Pluto and Proserpine — a public art in england-yorkshire, United Kingdom.

Formal Garden at Castle Howard - geograph.org.uk - 5476277

Anthony Parkes — CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons licence

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Typical visit
1 h–2 h

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Pluto and Proserpine is a public art located in england-yorkshire, United Kingdom. Sourced from OpenStreetMap (ODbL licence); see local listings for visitor information, opening hours and admission details.

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From the Wikipedia article

Hades (; Ancient Greek: ᾍδης, romanised: Hā́idēs, Attic Greek: [háːi̯dεːs], later [háːdeːs]), in the ancient Greek religion and mythology, is the god of the dead and riches and the King of the underworld, with which his name became synonymous. Hades was the eldest son of Cronus and Rhea, although this also made him the last son to be regurgitated by his father. He and his brothers, Zeus and Poseidon, defeated, overthrew, and replaced their father's generation of gods, the Titans, and claimed joint sovereignty over the cosmos. Hades received the underworld, Zeus the sky, and Poseidon the sea, with the solid earth, which was long the domain of Gaia, available to all three concurrently. In artistic depictions, Hades is typically portrayed holding a bident and wearing his helm with Cerberus, the three-headed guard-dog of the underworld, standing at his side. Roman-era mythographers eventually equated the Etruscan god Aita, and the Roman gods Dis Pater and Orcus, with Hades, and merged all these figures into Pluto, a Latinisation of Plouton (Ancient Greek: Πλούτων, romanised: Ploútōn), itself a euphemistic title (meaning "the rich one") often given to Hades.

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Coordinates
54.1190, -0.9055

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Where is Pluto and Proserpine?
Pluto and Proserpine is in Yorkshire & the Humber, in the United Kingdom — coordinates 54.1190°, -0.9055°.