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Capel Celyn, The Drowned Village

Name: Capel Celyn, The Drowned Village
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Location: Cardiff, South Wales, Wales, United Kingdom

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1. St Fagans Castle and Gardens – St Fagans Castle loop from Peterston-super-Ely

4.51km

01:10

30m

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2. Italian Gardens at St Fagans – Battlefield loop from Peterston-super-Ely

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03:33

190m

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3. Peterston Castle – St Fagans Castle and Gardens loop from St Fagans

15.2km

04:07

220m

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JEANETTE

July 25, 2020

In 1960, a private bill sponsored by Liverpool City Council was brought before Parliament to develop a water reservoir in the Tryweryn Valley. The development would include the flooding of Capel Celyn. By obtaining authority via an Act of Parliament, Liverpool City Council would not require planning consent from the relevant Welsh local authorities and would also avoid a planning enquiry at Welsh level at which arguments against the proposal could be expressed. This, together with the fact that the village was one of the last Welsh-only speaking communities, ensured that the proposals became deeply controversial. Thirty-five out of thirty-six Welsh Members of Parliament (MPs) opposed the bill (the other did not vote), but in 1962 it was passed. The members of the community waged an eight-year effort, ultimately unsuccessful, to prevent the destruction of their homes.

When the valley was flooded in 1965, the village and its buildings, including the post office, the school, and a chapel with cemetery, were all lost. Twelve houses and farms were submerged, and 48 people of the 67 who lived in the valley lost their homes.[2] In all, some 800 acres (3.2 km²; 320 ha) of land were submerged. A new reservoir, Llyn Celyn, was formed. Many of the stones from the original chapel were re-used in the construction of the new Memorial Chapel.

The water in the reservoir is used to maintain the flow of the River Dee (Afon Dyfrdwy) so that water may be abstracted downstream,[3] and additionally to improve the quality of white-water sports on Afon Tryweryn.

JEANETTE

July 25, 2020

St Fagans National Museum of History (Welsh: Sain Ffagan: Amgueddfa Werin Cymru), commonly referred to as St Fagans after the village where it is located, is an open-air museum in Cardiff chronicling the historical lifestyle, culture, and architecture of the Welsh people. The museum is part of the wider network of Amgueddfa Cymru – National Museum Wales.

It consists of more than forty re-erected buildings from various locations in Wales, and is set in the grounds of St Fagans Castle, a Grade I listed Elizabethan manor house. In 2011 Which? magazine named the museum the United Kingdom's favourite visitor attraction.

A six-year, £30-million revamp was completed in 2018 and the museum was named the Art Fund Museum of the Year in 2019.

Paule Von Dingenskirchen

July 25, 2020

Must see if you are in Wales !!

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Capel Celyn, The Drowned Village

1. St Fagans Castle and Gardens – St Fagans Castle loop from Peterston-super-Ely

2. Italian Gardens at St Fagans – Battlefield loop from Peterston-super-Ely

3. Peterston Castle – St Fagans Castle and Gardens loop from St Fagans

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