Merritt Island Dragon (Q6820350)

  • matcher place: Florida (relation 162050), Brevard County (relation 389024)
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  • English Wikipedia categories: 1971 establishments in Florida, 1971 sculptures, Buildings and structures in Merritt Island, Florida, Concrete sculptures in the United States, Destroyed sculptures, Indian River Lagoon, Landmarks in Florida, Merritt Island, Florida, Sculptures of dragons, Vandalized works of art in Florida
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Summary from English Wikipedia (enwiki)

The Merritt Island Dragon or Merrit Island River Dragon was a dragon-shaped green concrete structure that stood at the southern tip of Merritt Island, Florida, known as Dragon Point, where the Indian River Lagoon splits to form the Banana River Lagoon. The dragon was built in 1971 by Florida artist Lewis VanDercar and property owner Aynn Christal. In 1981, the statue was expanded for new property owner Warren McFadden, with the addition of a tail, an extended neck, two cavepeople a caveman named Fred and a cavewoman named Wilma and four hatchling dragons named Joy, Sunshine, Charity, and Freedom. The statues were located between the cities of Melbourne and Indian Harbour Beach, Florida, north of the Eau Gallie Causeway.

Wikidata location: 28.1422, -80.6038 view on OSM or edit on OSM

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node: Dragon Point (OSM), 11 feet from Wikidata [show tags]
name: Dragon Point
tourism: artwork
wikidata: Q6820350
artwork_type: statue

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work of art (Q838948) tourism=artwork
sculpture (Q860861) artwork_type=sculpture, artwork:type=sculpture

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