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The Wales Millenium Centre

Newest Review: ... the fact that the steel industry used to be a major employer in Wales, the dome has been treated with copper oxide which gives it a beautiful deep bronze colour which should weather with age (It has been described has looking like a giant armadillo by some!) On the front of the dome there is a two line bilingual poem written by Welsh poet Gwyneth Lewis. The Welsh version is "Creu Gwir fel gwydr o ffwrnais awen" which means "Creating truth like glass from the furnace of inspiration". The English is "In These Stones Horizons Sing" Each letter of the poem is six feet tall and is actually a window in the... more

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The Wales Millenium Centre: If you go down to the bay today....... (513 words)
by - written on 08/03/09 (Very useful, 58 readings)
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The Millenium Centre on Cardiff bay waterfront was officially opened in November 2004, by Bryn Terfel. The building is inspired by Wales and built using Welsh materials and is truly magnificant both inside and out, this is probably reflected in the amount spent on the project with the final cost of building being £106.2m! The outside of the building is clad in various shades of grey/mauve slate collected from Welsh quarries it is built in layers of slate to give the impression of rock strata to depict the different stone layers of the sea cliffs that surround the coast. The roof is made from a huge dome and is made from steel, this represents the ... Read the complete review

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