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Swansea Devil at Swansea Museum
Swansea Devil at Swansea Museum

The Swansea Devil, also called Old Nick, is a wood carving of the Devil in Swansea, Wales. It was carved by an architect whose designs for St. Mary's Church had been rejected by a committee. Some years later when designing an office building across the road, he placed a carving of Satan facing the church and prophesied "When your church is destroyed and burnt to the ground my devil will remain laughing". This prophecy later came true when the church was bombed during the Second World War.

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Swansea Devil
Burrows Place, Swansea Waterfront

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N 51.617 ° E -3.938 °
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Burrows Place
SA1 1SW Swansea, Waterfront
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