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English: The Angel of the North, a contemporary sculpture designed by Antony Gormley, is located in Gateshead, England.

It is a steel sculpture of an angel, standing 20 metres (66 ft) tall, with wings measuring 54 metres (177 ft) across. The wings themselves are not planar, but are angled 3.5º forward, which Gormley used to create "a sense of embrace". It stands on a hill on the southern edge of Low Fell, overlooking the A1 and A167 roads into Tyneside.
Work began on the project in 1994 and cost £1 million. Most of the project funding was provided by the National Lottery.

Due to its exposed location, the sculpture was built to withstand winds of over 100 mph (160 km/h). Thus, 600 tonnes of concrete were used to create foundations which anchor the sculpture to rock 70ft (20m) below.
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Author Bryan Ledgard
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  • British Isles rural and coastal
Camera location54° 54′ 32.36″ N, 1° 34′ 10.82″ W Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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This image was originally posted to Flickr by Bryan Ledgard at https://flickr.com/photos/97355030@N00/5562364490. It was reviewed on 24 April 2017 by FlickreviewR and was confirmed to be licensed under the terms of the cc-by-2.0.

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