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Sygun Copper Mine is a Victorian copper mine which closed in 1903 but was renovated and reopened by the Amies family as a tourist attraction in 1986, focusing on audio-visual tours of the underground workings.
Welcome to Belleville Sign. Belleville is a city in Wayne County in the U.S. state of Michigan.A western suburb of Detroit, Belleville is located roughly 29 miles (46.7 km) southwest of downtown Detroit, and 18 miles (29.0 km) southeast of Ann Arbor, and is completely surrounded by Van Buren Township.
Van Buren Township is a charter township in Wayne County in the U.S. state of Michigan.A western suburb of Detroit, Van Buren Township is located roughly 28 miles (45.1 km) southwest of downtown Detroit, and 17 miles (27.4 km) southeast of Ann Arbor.
The Priory and Parish Church of Saint Mary (Beddgelert) 53°00′40″N 4°06′06″W / 53.0110911°N 4.1016582°W / 53.0110911; -4.1016582 ( Beddgelert Location
A view of Beddgelert, 1814 The River Glaslyn at Beddgelert St Mary's Church Inside St Mary's Church. Beddgelert (Welsh: [bɛðˈgɛlɛrt] ⓘ) is a village and community in the Snowdonia area of Gwynedd, Wales. The population of the community taken at the 2021 census was 460 (rounded to the nearest 10). [1] This includes Nantmor and Nant Gwynant.
In the Middle Ages Beddgelert was seen as a safe resting place before travelling further. The route from the coast via Beddgelert and overland to Caernarfon or Bangor via Llyn Cwellyn was often considered preferable to the long voyage round the Llŷn Peninsula. [1] Aberglaslyn Pass near Bwthyn Aber. Pont Aberglaslyn is in the parish of Nantmor.
Saint Gelert, also known as Celer, Celert [2] or Kellarth [3] [4] (see below), was an early Celtic saint.Several locations in Wales are believed to bear his name. They include Beddgelert ("Gelert's grave") and the surrounding Gelert Valley and Llangeler ("Gelert's church") [5] where there is a church dedicated to him.
Gelert's Grave, Beddgelert, 1850 Gelert's Grave, Beddgelert, 2010. It is now accepted that the village of Beddgelert took its name from an early saint named Kilart or Celert, rather than from the dog. The "grave" mound is ascribed to David Prichard, landlord of the Goat Hotel in Beddgelert in the late eighteenth century, who connected the ...