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Chartist Mural
The Chartist Mural was a mosaic mural designed by Kenneth Budd and created in 1978 in a pedestrian underpass in Newport, Wales. It commemorated the Newport Rising of 1839, in which an estimated 22 demonstrators were killed by troops. It was long and high. The mural was controversially destroyed in 2013 despite some public opposition and protests, before adjacent buildings were demolished to make way for the Friars Walk redevelopment. 
History.
The mural comprised 200,000 pieces of tile and glass. It was designed by Kenneth Budd
is surely one of the great elements in the pride that people ought to take... I did think the destruction of the mural was a great sadness."
External links.
- www.thepeoplescharter.co.uk
- Composite image of the mural
- Video of mural in underpass
- Slideshow of mural
- Cadw statement on assessment for listing
- Cliveden Conservation: Summary Report on Initial Investigation of Chartist Mural, September 2013
- Newport City Council, "Removal of the Chartist mural – why we had to do it"