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The Guardian is a tall statue overlooking Parc Arael Griffin, the landscaped former Six Bells Colliery site, in the South Wales mining town of Abertillery, Blaenau Gwent.[1]

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  1. 14 relations: Abertillery, Angel of the North, Antony Gormley, Archbishop of Canterbury, Blaenau Gwent, Charles III, Firedamp, Moiré pattern, Rowan Williams, Six Bells Colliery, South Wales, The Guardian, Wales, Weathering steel.

  2. Abertillery
  3. Coal mining in Wales
  4. Colossal statues in the United Kingdom
  5. Outdoor sculptures in Wales
  6. Tourist attractions in Wales

Abertillery

Abertillery (Abertyleri) is a town and a community of the Ebbw Fach valley in the historic county of Monmouthshire, Wales.

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Angel of the North

The Angel of the North is a contemporary sculpture by Antony Gormley, located in Gateshead, Tyne and Wear, England. Guardian (sculpture) and Angel of the North are Colossal statues in the United Kingdom.

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Antony Gormley

Sir Antony Mark David Gormley (born 30 August 1950) is a British sculptor.

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Archbishop of Canterbury

The archbishop of Canterbury is the senior bishop and a principal leader of the Church of England, the ceremonial head of the worldwide Anglican Communion and the bishop of the Diocese of Canterbury.

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Blaenau Gwent

Blaenau Gwent is a county borough in the south-east of Wales.

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Charles III

Charles III (Charles Philip Arthur George; born 14 November 1948) is King of the United Kingdom and the 14 other Commonwealth realms.

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Firedamp

Firedamp is any flammable gas found in coal mines, typically coalbed methane.

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Moiré pattern

In mathematics, physics, and art, moiré patterns or moiré fringes are large-scale interference patterns that can be produced when a partially opaque ruled pattern with transparent gaps is overlaid on another similar pattern.

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Rowan Williams

Rowan Douglas Williams, Baron Williams of Oystermouth, (born 14 June 1950) is a Welsh Anglican bishop, theologian and poet.

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Six Bells Colliery

Six Bells Colliery was a colliery located in Six Bells, Abertillery, Gwent, Wales. Guardian (sculpture) and Six Bells Colliery are Abertillery.

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South Wales

South Wales (De Cymru) is a loosely defined region of Wales bordered by England to the east and mid Wales to the north.

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The Guardian

The Guardian is a British daily newspaper.

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Wales

Wales (Cymru) is a country that is part of the United Kingdom.

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Weathering steel

Weathering steel, often referred to by the genericised trademark COR-TEN steel and sometimes written without the hyphen as corten steel, is a group of steel alloys which were developed to eliminate the need for painting by forming a stable external layer of rust.

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See also

Abertillery

Coal mining in Wales

Colossal statues in the United Kingdom

Outdoor sculptures in Wales

Tourist attractions in Wales

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guardian_(sculpture)

Also known as Guardian - mining memorial.