Dutch Sand Castle Festival Reaches to Inspiring Heights
SCHEVENINGEN, Netherlands — U.S. and Dutch sand sculptors are nearing completion of a fairy-tale city of sand castles and monuments that will be the largest sand sculpture ever built in Europe.
A cluster of spires soaring to a height of a 47.9 feet has already broken the earlier record of 33 feet set at last year’s Scheveningen International Sand Sculpture Festival, organizer Gonnie Been said Friday.
The sand city, to be completed today, is meant to represent the 12-nation European Community’s drive toward union. It features models of famous European monuments such as the Arc de Triomphe in Paris, Rome’s Colosseum and London’s Big Ben tower.
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