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Landmarks
North East England’s landmarks span millennia, from historical Roman and Norman World Heritage Sites to award-winning contemporary icons. Built in AD122 to mark the Roman Empire’s northern frontier, Hadrian’s Wall is just as awe-inspiring today. Its fellow World Heritage Site, Durham Cathedral and Castle, is one of the finest examples of Norman architecture in the world.
Other castles, such as Bamburgh on its coastal outcrop, stand proud against the sky. See them brought to life on the Northumberland Web TV.
Famous bridges
Our bridges are world-famous, especially NewcastleGateshead’s Tyne Bridge, built in 1928, and its neighbour the Gateshead Millennium Bridge, which opens like a winking eye to allow ships underneath. To the south of the region, the Transporter Bridge can carry 200 people at once across the Tees in a travelling gondola.
Modern art and design
Contemporary landmark buildings include the BALTIC Centre for Contemporary Art and The Sage Gateshead music venue, which sit side-by-side on the NewcastleGateshead Quayside.
Welcoming visitors with a wingspan almost as big that of a jumbo jet, Antony Gormley’s Angel of the North is believed to be the largest angel sculpture in the world.
