World Heritage Sites in Wales
Blaenavon Industrial Landscape
The Blaenavon area near Abergavenny (www.abergavenny.co.uk) has been moulded by the coal and iron industries and demonstrates the importance of South Wales in the world’s production of coal and iron in the 19th century. Its carefully preserved ironworks, built in 1789, provide a remarkable insight into the social and economical developments of the time.
Castles and Town Walls of King Edward in Gwynedd
The extremely well-preserved castles of Beaumaris and Harlech, and military fortifications of Caernarfon and Conwy, were mainly built by King Edward I in the 13th century and visibly demonstrate the methods used by the English between 1272-1307 to colonise North Wales and suppress Welsh independence.
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