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Millennium Beacon

Millennium Beacon
artist(s):
Myfyrfa Petersen Partnership
location Cardiff [south Wales]
completed December 2000
  The Beacon by the Myfyrfa Petersen Partnership was placed on top of the portico to the City Hall, Cardiff and was lit on New Year's eve as a centerpiecte to the Millennium celebrations.

Made from Welsh stainless steel, produced at Panteg works in south Wales, it is reminicent of a cauldron used in Celtic ritual ceremonies and festivals and is symbolic of regeneration and rebirth.
 
 

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