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Around Wales

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these are some interesting places around Wales. I have found this country to be extremely beautiful. If you are interested in beautiful countryside or beautiful villages in cities and beautiful hills then this is definitely a place to visit, anywhere around Wales.

Castle Coch

this was the second castle that John of Bute rebuilt for you and his wife too bring up their family. Of course he spent a lot of time in London and castle in Cardiff but also spent quite a bit of time here as well.

These are three Greek gods. Of course John was able to read an ancient Greek and Latin as well.
This is the castle from the front. They are doing some restoration work.
Various stories painted on the walls for edification.
Family tree of the Lords of this area
This is the sitting room. You will notice places to sit by the windows at different places in the room to catch the sun as it moves around
A beautifully decorated ceiling
The courtyard in the middle
The bathing area
One of the bedrooms
Another beautiful ceiling with a wall which has a dual family crest of John and his wife
This is John’s bedroom
Another dual family crest which is different than the other one. I did not ask why they were different.
the bedroom’s beautiful ceiling
This is just a display of what people were eating at the time at different parts of the day with some clothing from that era
The bedroom of one of the children, Margaret
Margaret’s bedroom
The modern entertainment machine
This phone obviously was made for a left-handed person

Crickhowell

Just some beautiful photos of the countryside
One of these smelting plants of the area

Tretower castle

this is actually two castles. One was built during the Norman times and the other one was built later. I was not able to walk over to the old Norman castle since it was raining and the mud was too much of an obstacle.

Tretower castle sign
The courtyard of the New York Castle

Tretower Castle

This is the old castle built by Picard in the 11th century
I took several photos because I just found the scenery very beautiful
This is the newer castle
They had these virtual displays here with talking snakes explaining the details of the people who lived there and some of the artifacts
A long room probably for dining
This shows how the Newcastle walls were constructed, with sticks and mud for the façade, outside walls.
The large banquet room
The kitchen area
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