This is a very strange bronze and slate statue which I've seen many times when I've visited the nearby Elan Lakes in the centre of Wales. It's not really to my taste, to be honest, although I'm sure it's a very clever work of public art. The statue is inspired by 'Prometheus Unbound,' the lyrical drama by the poet Percy Bysshe Shelley which concerns the suffering of Prometheus at the hands of Zeus. Shelley kneels in the centre with nymphs perhaps his muses - on either side. Apparently, Shelley spent time in the area for several weeks during 1811 and 1812, staying at Nantgwillt House and Cwm Elan House which are now submerged under two of the reservoirs here. The sculptor was Christopher Kelly and the statue was completed in 1988. read more

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