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Kleobis ja Biton / Cleobis and Biton

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The Student Union was designed by Hampus Dahlström and completed in 1870. The frieze accentuating the building's Neo-Classicism was designed by Walter Runeberg. Its draft was completed in Rome already in 1874 but it took considerable time to finish the work and cast it in cement. It was finally mounted in 1878.

The central group of the frieze depicts Cleobis and Biton pulling their mother along ...

Visiting address

Kolmensepänaukio, Kluuvi
00100 Helsinki

Text edited by: City of Helsinki, Culture and Leisure Division
Updated: 22/4/2024