Shaftesbury Memorial Fountain
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The Shaftesbury Memorial Fountain, popularly but incorrectly known as "Eros", is a fountain surmounted by a winged statue of Anteros, located at the southeastern side of Piccadilly Circus in London, England. Moved after the Second World War from its original position in the centre of the circus, it was erected in 1892–93 to commemorate the philanthropic works of The 7th Earl of Shaftesbury, the Victorian politician and philanthropist, and his achievement in replacing child labour with school education. The fountain overlooks the south-west end of Shaftesbury Avenue, also named for the Earl.
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Piccadilly Circus, City of Westminster Covent Garden
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Shaftesbury Memorial Fountain (Eros Statue)
Piccadilly Circus
W1J 9HT City of Westminster, Covent Garden
England, United Kingdom
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