Angel of North is Britain\'s largest sculpture and believed to be the world\'s largest angel sculpture. It is the most-viewed pieces of art in the world - seen by more than one person every second, 90,000 every day or 33 million every year." |3 F+ _3 l9 J4 b5 s* j
! ?; ^- w+ C+ f2 c6 g1 K5 fWork on sculpture started in July 1997 and it was assembled on site 7 months later in Feb 1998.( E$ u6 D: o X' J) F
1 a9 W% q4 b6 B& }- M( l6 u# |The Angel was fabricated from 2000 tonnes of weathering steel. It rises 20 meters and has a wing span of 54 meters - almost as big as a jumbo jet. |