Sights to gawp at are thin on the ground, but the city streets have enough going on to enthrall even the most disinterested visitor.

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No matter how it began, today the 189sqm of mosaic grotto is a chance to gawp at the 4.6 million cockle, mussel, oyster and whelk shells festooned in elaborate mosaics covering every surface.

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