Abergavenny

Abergavenny ( Welsh Y Venni ) with the meaning mouth of the river Gavenny is a market town in Monmouthshire, Wales. The place is remote from the English border 24 kilometers west of Monmouth and 10 kilometers. Originally a Roman military camp ( castrum ) with names Gobannium it was a fortified town within the Welsh Marches in the Middle Ages. In the city there is the remains of the Castle Abergavenny, which was built shortly after the Norman conquest of Wales.

Abergavenny is located at the confluence of Gavenny and River Usk and is almost entirely surrounded by two mountains, the Blorenge (559 meters ) and the Sugar Loaf ( 596 meters), and five hills, Ysgyryd Fawr (The Skirrid ), Ysgyryd compartment ( Skirrid subject), Deri, Rholben and Mynydd Llanwenarth, also known as " Breast Llanwenarth " known. From here you have access to the Black Mountains and the Brecon Beacons National Park. Near the Offa 's Dyke Path, the long-distance footpaths Marches Way, Beacons Way and Usk Valley Walk is run through the town.

History

Gobannium was a Roman fort that guarded the road through the valley of the Usk, now Caerleon, in the south with Cicucium (Y Gaer ) joined the legion camp Burrium Usk and Isca Augusta or Isca Silurum in Brecon. It was also built to keep the peace with the settled here Silurern. Remains of the ramparts were discovered in the later 1960s during construction work west of the castle.

1087 established the Norman nobles Hamelin de Ballon a castle as the center of the new rule Abergavenny. Hamelin also founded in the late 11th century, the Benedictine priory of St Mary (now the Priory Church of St Mary ). To the castle soon created a ' Burgavenny ' called settlement. Because of its border position Abergavenny was at this time often the scene of military clashes in the Welsh Marches. 1175 massacre of Welsh chieftains found in the castle instead of at a Christmas banquet, was responsible for William de Braose. After 1241 the town was fortified with a wall and with five goals.

Owain Glyndŵr conquered in 1404 Abergavenny. 1541, the monastery was dissolved and converted into a Grammar School. 1639 Abergavenny received a municipal charter, which was withdrawn in 1688. In the following decades, the economic situation of the city worsened. 1854 Abergavenny was connected to the railway network

Sons and daughters of the town

• George Nevill, 5th Baron Bergavenny ( 1469-1535 )
• David Lewis ( saint) ( 1617-1679 )
• Arthur James Herbert (1855-1921), diplomat
• Ethel Lina White (1876-1944), writer
• Brian Savegar (1932-2007)
• Julian Winn ( b. 1972 ), cyclist
• Shane Clash (* 1979), biathlete
• Marina and the Diamonds (Marina Diamandis Lambridi, * 1985)
• Rebecca James (* 1991), cyclist

Twinning

Abergavenny has partnerships with the following cities and towns:

• Sarno, Salerno Province, Italy
• Östringen, Baden- Württemberg, Germany
• Beaupréau, department of Maine -et -Loire, France

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• Location in Wales
• Monmouthshire