Gargoyles & Angels
Armagh miniature street sculpture tour
Down from the rooftops....are you being watched?
Gargoyles are shy creatures and it is by the very nature of their business that guardian angels are never seen. Hence you will only discover these creatures by accident or by exploring the City with curious eyes. They are hiding in boot scraper niches, behind glass doors, on drain pipes and on walls. They are climbing gables, watching from ledges and peeping down from house corners and window sills. Whether amiable, stoical or strangely mechanical, these are a motley collection of small fellas-esses. No more than 15 inches high these gargoyles, angels and chimeras sport a stylish, and perhaps particularly Irish, greenish camouflage, But are they friend or foe? Find them before they find you...
We hope you enjoy discovering each creature for yourself as you roam the City. Continue scrolling to be guided through this tour.
Congratulations you have found them all!
These small and intricate bronze sculptures of gargoyles, chimeras and angels have been created by artist Holger Christian Loenze in response to the City’s sacral architecture and the angels and gargoyles which already exist at both Cathedrals combined with the jetsam of everyday life. His work brings these creatures into our time and down to our level, giving each one a distinct character of its own and a place in the City’s modern street –life.
Project devised by Armagh City, Banbridge & Craigavon Borough Council with support from the Arts Council of Northern Ireland and the Department of Social Development.
