Swansea

see also: Etymology of Swansea

Swansea is a coastal city of two hundred miles inhabitants of the Wales of the south. In this country, it is known also under the name Welsh of Abertawe . It is with the mouth of the small river, the Afon Tawe , from where its Welsh name. There is one century its port was very occupied export of coal intended for the steam engines and products metallurgical. It is the birthplace of the poets Dylan Thomas and Harri Webb, of the realizer Sean Mathias and the movie star Catherine Zeta-Jones.

Bordered by a broad sandy bay of more than 10km length, the city has parks and gardens, cultural equipment of international level, sporting installations and a crowd of stores. One finds there also the largest market of outdoor of Wales where one can taste traditional Welsh specialities, like the fished hulls of Penclawdd the morning even and the laverbread, " lawr" will bara; in Welsh, concoction of marine algas which is eaten with the bacon.

Maritime Quarter is a new project of rehabilitation of the docks by the transformation of historical buildings into modernized architectural spaces. In the district of the marina, one finds hotels, shops and luxurious apartments and the National Waterfront Museum devoted to the industrial and maritime inheritance Welsh will open its doors there.

The bay accommodates moreover the seaside resort victorienne of Mumbles. In the vicinity the peninsula of Gower is, first zone of to be classified Great Britain protected natural site.

Innumerable beaches obtained a mark quality control and the sight since WORM' S Head on Rhossili Beach is single.

To see

Dylan Thomas Centers, Swansea
Swansea Museum, Swansea
National Maritime Museum, Swansea
Singleton Park and Botanical gardens (park and botanical garden, Swansea)
Neath Abbey (abbey of Neath)
Margam Country Park (park and gardens, Margam)
Gower Heritage Centers (historical center and teaching, Gower)
Oxwich Castle (castle of Oxwich)

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