{"id":461468,"date":"2026-05-22T08:49:08","date_gmt":"2026-05-22T08:49:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/461468\/"},"modified":"2026-05-22T08:49:08","modified_gmt":"2026-05-22T08:49:08","slug":"portsmouths-sail-sculpture-returns-to-former-glory-after-repairs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/461468\/","title":{"rendered":"Portsmouth&#8217;s sail sculpture returns to former glory after repairs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">A sail sculpture damaged by storms in 2024 has been restored to its full glory following extensive refurbishment.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The 43m (141ft) Tri-Sail or Sails of the South sculpture, which stands between the M275 carriageways in Portsmouth, was originally installed to provide a welcoming landmark to people entering the city.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The project to replace all of its sail panels after recent storms also included structural checks and lighting upgrades.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Sections of the motorway were temporarily closed during the maintenance work.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A sail sculpture damaged by storms in 2024 has been restored to its full glory following extensive refurbishment.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":461469,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[307,304,305,306,308,93,61,60],"class_list":["post-461468","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-arts-and-design","tag-arts","tag-arts-and-design","tag-artsanddesign","tag-artsdesign","tag-design","tag-entertainment","tag-ie","tag-ireland"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/461468","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=461468"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/461468\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/461469"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=461468"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=461468"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=461468"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}