Wales

General Facts
Part of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. Area: 20,7 0 s! "m #$,0%& s! miles' Population: 2,7($,200 Languages: )nglish #%00*', Welsh #20*' Capital City: +ardiff National Motto: Cymru am Byth #,Wales for )-er,'

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The Red Dragon of Wales 1as introd2ced to Britain 0/ the 3omans some eighteen h2ndred /ears ago. 4ll o-er Wales /o2 1ill find wishing wells into 1hich 5eo5le still thro1 mone/. 6n 7arch % is St. David s Day8the Welsh national holida/. The daffodil is a Welsh national em0lem. St. David is the 5atron saint of Wales. The lee! is the em0lem of Wales since the % th cent2r/.

9he Welsh Flag

9he origins of the 3ed :ragon flag, or ,/ :raig Goch, co2ld date 0ac" to the 3oman 5eriod. 9he dragon 1as 2sed 0/ 3oman militar/. 4fter the 3omans left, the 3ed :ragon remained as a "e/ em0lem of Wales.

9raditional food
Laver"read ; local eggs and 0acon com0ined 1ith the more 2n2s2al ingredients. 4fternoon tea can 0e ser-ed 1ith #ara #rith # a fr2it 0read' or Welsh $a!es. 9he traditional meat for dinner in the e-ening is Welsh La%" or for a snac" Welsh Rare"it.

<iterat2re
4nglo;Welsh 5oets, on the other hand, s2ch as Dylan Tho%as are famo2s thro2gho2t the literar/ 1orld. Welsh can claim to 0e the oldest attested -ernac2lar literat2re in )2ro5e.

Famo2s Welsh Peo5le

Wales is "no1n for its great actors = +atherine >eta ?ones and toda/ .ir 4nthon/ @o5"ins. 4lso, one of the great m2sicians in the 1orld, 9om ?ones 1as 0orn in Wales.

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Wales is home to some of )2ro5eAs finest s2r-i-ing eBam5les of medie-al castle constr2ction. 7old castle +he5sto1 )1loe Bea2maris

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National 72se2m and Galler/ 3oman <egionar/ 72se2m 72se2m of Welsh <ife 72se2m of the Welsh Woollen Ind2str/

.2mmarise
Wales is a land of 0ea2tif2l nat2re, rich c2lt2re and amaCing architect2re.

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