Nestled in the heart of Hallandale Beach stands a statue so grand it could make Lady Liberty look twice. Here, the legendary winged horse Pegasus triumphs over a fearsome dragon, embodying a clash of titans in sparkling bronze.
Pegasus and Dragon is a 110-foot tall statue of Pegasus defeating a dragon. It is the third-tallest statue in the United States after the Birth of the New World in Puerto Rico and the Statue of Liberty in New York. It is also the world's largest and tallest equine and European dragon statue. The 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 in length and 115 feet 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.
The statue, based on the ideas of Frank Stronac and was announced in 2012 as part of a long-term expansion of Gulfstream Park. 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. 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. The project cost $30 million. By December 6, 2014 construction of the statues was completed.
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