Pegasus & the Dragon - The 2nd largest statue in the United States (Hallandale Beach, Florida) 4K

Pegasus and the Dragon is a 110-foot (34 m) tall statue of Pegasus defeating a dragon in Hallandale Beach, Florida. It is the second tallest statue in the contiguious United States after the Statue of Liberty in New York. It is also the world's largest and tallest equine and European dragon statue. Pegasus is poised with its front hoof on the neck of the dragon, which lies below the level of the equine. The statue complex is 200 feet (61 m) in length and 115 feet (35 m) in width. Pegasus is made of 330 tons of steel and 132 tons of bronze. The dragon is made of 110 tons of steel and 132 tons of bronze. * Hidden Logo Edition * The statue was announced in 2012 as part of a long-term expansion of Gulfstream Park that also included condominiums and more grandstands for the horse racing track. In 2013 further details emerged showing that Pegasus was to be in the pose of stomping on a dragon. The German bronze casting company Strassacker designed, planned and built the sculpture in cooperation with the engineering specialist Stark, the steel manufacturing company Wendeler and a Chinese bronze casting company, which was necessary to realize the high volume of bronze pieces. Construction on the site started on April 5 supervised by Strassacker and with Skanska overseeing construction. The statue was pre-cast and shipped in from China in 23 packing containers and the steel beams were shipped in 23 shipping containers from Germany after being made by Wendeler. The project cost $30 million. By December 6, 2014 construction of the statues was completed with work on the surrounding landscaping and water features remaining to be done in the summer of 2015. Work on lighting for the fountain show and dragon's fire breath began in late 2015. The complex opened in spring 2016. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pegasus_and_Dragon