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Located in the Borghese Gallery in Rome, Italy, and carved when Bernini was only 23 years old, the spectacular "Pluto and Persephone" depicts the Greek myth which explains the cyclical seasons. Pluto, the god of the underworld, abducts Persephone. Eventually forced to release her, Pluto tricks Persephone in eating magical pomegranate seeds that will force her to spend part of the year with him in the underworld.
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Located in the Borghese Gallery in Rome, Italy, and carved when Bernini was only 23 years old, the spectacular "Pluto and Persephone" depicts the Greek myth which explains the cyclical seasons. Pluto, the god of the underworld, abducts Persephone. Eventually forced to release her, Pluto tricks Persephone in eating magical pomegranate seeds that will force her to spend part of the year with him in the underworld.

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