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Mon 07 Jul 2008Iconic Derry mural site gets facelift as locals and Swiss artists post messages
ONE OF Northern Ireland's most iconic landmarks, the Free Derry Wall in the Bogside area of Derry, underwent a dramatic facelift at the weekend when local residents, together with a group of spray-can artists from Switzerland, painted their personal messages on the wall.
To facilitate the event members of the local Bluebell Arts Project painted over images already on the wall to give contributors a blank canvas to work with.
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