The Festival Pavilion

This small pavilion was built initially for the Gateshead Garden Festival, near Newcastle. It dates from the 90's, and was placed in the Crescent Gardens of Harrogate a couple of years later. There is a statue of Cupid inside the pavilion, which is a work of art from 1861, sculpted by the Italian artist Giovanni Maria Benzoni. The statue was bought, along with other works, by a group of Harrogate businessmen, and was first placed in the beautiful Spa Room Estate gardens, behind Ripon Road. When Exhibition Hall began to be built in 1958, the gardens were reduced in size, and the statues were placed at various locations around the city.