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Posted: 29 Jun 2013

Taken: 28 Mar 2013

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Lat, Lng:  51.760808, -1.263782
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Address:  Walton Manor, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England

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south side of the tower

south side of the tower
Radcliffe Observatory, Oxford
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Tower of the Winds, Radcliffe Observatory, Oxford:

The figures of the Eight Winds appeared on the original Tower of the Winds in Athens and were used by the sculptor John Bacon (1740-99) as the basis for his designs for the flying figures round the top of the stonework of the Observatory...

www.gtc.ox.ac.uk/about/history/radcliffe-observatory

Notos, the South Wind, was associated with desiccating hot wind after midsummer, and was thought to bring the storms of late summer and autumn. He was feared as a destroyer of crops, and depicted with water pouring from his pitcher...

Notos the south wind

Below the level of the balcony are the Signs of the Zodiac modelled for the Coade factory by J C F Rossi, who took his designs from the Farnese Globe.

Cancer the crab
11 years ago. Edited 2 years ago.

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