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The Devil on Linnégatan in Gothenburg, Sweden

A devil's face peers out from the façade of a building on Linnégatan, one of Gothenburg's historic main streets. Grimacing from the wall, an ornamental mask allegedly installed by a local developer in the late 1800s serves as a subtle moral protest against Oscar II and his rumored escapades opposite. Local legend holds that King Oscar II used an apartment on the street when in the city. The second-floor flat had no permanent tenant and was kept available for discreet meetings with mistresses, wh
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