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." N1 |; F: Z/ O. L3 Z) v
* f! L- w( u- c+ L UWork on sculpture started in July 1997 and it was assembled on site 7 months later in Feb 1998.
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* ^" j Z" C* @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. |