Waking the Dragon
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Waking the Dragon is a proposed bronze sculpture
which is to be built in Wrexham
, North Wales
.
The sculpture will become the tallest public artwork in the UK, standing at 210 feet, symbolising the heritage and culture of the Welsh people and has been touted as the Welsh equivalent to the Statue of Liberty
. The project will be funded through a combination of charitable donations, the purchase of steps within the tower- which can be bought and inscribed for £2,000 each- and investor finance.
It will be made up of a 75 foot bronze dragon with a wingspan of approximately 150 feet, standing upon a 135 foot glass and steel tower, which would allow for panoramic views of Wrexham, its surrounding countryside and across the border into England
. The project will also include a 100-seater café/bar, a 125-seater restaurant, an art centre and a gallery next to the tower. It will stand in a landscape of formal and informal pathways, oak trees and daffodil gardens, with the space immediately around the tower to be used to depict the Four Branches
of the Mabinogion, the collection of mythological tales of early Wales.
It will sit adjacent to the A5 and was hoped to be completed by August 2011. Now it is hoped to be completed by the 2012 Summer Olympics
held in London.
Bronze sculpture
Bronze is the most popular metal for cast metal sculptures; a cast bronze sculpture is often called simply a "bronze".Common bronze alloys have the unusual and desirable property of expanding slightly just before they set, thus filling the finest details of a mold. Then, as the bronze cools, it...
which is to be built in Wrexham
Wrexham
Wrexham is a town in Wales. It is the administrative centre of the wider Wrexham County Borough, and the largest town in North Wales, located in the east of the region. It is situated between the Welsh mountains and the lower Dee Valley close to the border with Cheshire, England...
, North Wales
North Wales
North Wales is the northernmost unofficial region of Wales. It is bordered to the south by the counties of Ceredigion and Powys in Mid Wales and to the east by the counties of Shropshire in the West Midlands and Cheshire in North West England...
.
The sculpture will become the tallest public artwork in the UK, standing at 210 feet, symbolising the heritage and culture of the Welsh people and has been touted as the Welsh equivalent to the Statue of Liberty
Statue of Liberty
The Statue of Liberty is a colossal neoclassical sculpture on Liberty Island in New York Harbor, designed by Frédéric Bartholdi and dedicated on October 28, 1886...
. The project will be funded through a combination of charitable donations, the purchase of steps within the tower- which can be bought and inscribed for £2,000 each- and investor finance.
It will be made up of a 75 foot bronze dragon with a wingspan of approximately 150 feet, standing upon a 135 foot glass and steel tower, which would allow for panoramic views of Wrexham, its surrounding countryside and across the border into England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
. The project will also include a 100-seater café/bar, a 125-seater restaurant, an art centre and a gallery next to the tower. It will stand in a landscape of formal and informal pathways, oak trees and daffodil gardens, with the space immediately around the tower to be used to depict the Four Branches
Four Branches of the Mabinogi
The Four Branches of the Mabinogi are the best known tales from the collection of medieval Welsh prose known as the Mabinogion. The word "Mabinogi" originally designated only these four tales, which are really parts or "branches" of a single work, rather than the whole collection...
of the Mabinogion, the collection of mythological tales of early Wales.
It will sit adjacent to the A5 and was hoped to be completed by August 2011. Now it is hoped to be completed by the 2012 Summer Olympics
2012 Summer Olympics
The 2012 Summer Olympic Games, officially known as the "London 2012 Olympic Games", are scheduled to take place in London, England, United Kingdom from 27 July to 12 August 2012...
held in London.