Machynlleth

Machynlleth (debate? / I ) is a small town in the Welsh county of Powys, or in the traditional county of Montgomeryshire. The city is a tourist resort and a center for sheep farming. The locals call their city also just like to Mach.

Machynlleth counts 2,200 inhabitants and is situated in the valley of the Dovey at the foot of a group of rolling hills. From here, both the region around Cadair Idris, and the Plynlimon area is easy to reach. During the uprising, 1400-1415 Owain Glyndŵr was crowned in 1404 in Machynlleth King of Wales and some of the city next to Dolgellau and Harlech to the meeting of the Welsh Assembly in Wales then free. Of Machynlleth derives from the claim to be the actual historical capital of Wales. Glyndwr Parliament house has been restored and extended and is now part of a memorial.

An unmistakable accent in the cityscape of Machynlleth is a neo-Gothic clock tower from the Victorian era at the intersection of two main roads. It was built in 1873 as in so many Welsh and English villages instead of the traditional market cross, in this case, in honor of the Marquis of Londonderry. The family had inherited a country house in the village, which is now owned by the city.

Since the 1970s, Machynlleth developed an attraction for the alternative scene, settled there among other things, In 1974 the Centre for Alternative Technology and several companies that are dedicated to the utilization of renewable energy, to. Go to Centre for Alternative Technology include both the Quarry shop, a small shop with organic products as well as the Quarry Cafe. A historic building is the home Llys Maldwyn, Built in 1852, today home of photographer Mark Robert Davey. Until 1892 there was a school, then it was a small town hospital.

1937 and 1983 found the Welsh Eisteddfod cultural festival held in the village.

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  • F.A.H. Bloemendal; Alan Hollingsworth: Wales in camera color; Town & County Books Ltd., London 1978, ISBN 0-86364-000-1, page 42
  • H. E. Conrad: Wales; Prestel Verlag, Munich 1982, ISBN 3-7913-0594-8, p 285
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