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.; u3 |" g _' _7 L, n, A
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Work on sculpture started in July 1997 and it was assembled on site 7 months later in Feb 1998.7 d7 e/ Y( O3 G. o7 n4 ], j4 u
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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. |
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