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Wales
 Capital: Cardiff;

 Official languages: Welsh and English;

 Government: Devolved parliamentary legislature


within parliamentary constitutional monarchy;

 Monarch: Elizabeth II;

 First Minister: Carwyn Jones.


 Wales has a distinct culture, including its own
language, customs, festivals and music; there are
three sites that are considered as UNESCO World
Heritage: the castles and walls of the King Edward
I City in Gwynedd; the Pontcysyllte Aqueduct; and
the industrial landscape of Blaenavon.
 The patron saint of Wales is St. David, or "Dewi Sant"
in Welsh.

 The national emblems of Wales are the leek (or leek)


and the narcissus.
Holidays
 the three main holidays of the medieval Welsh
kingdoms were Christmas, Easter and Whitsuntide;
 Other important holidays:
 the feasts of St Patrick (17 March);
 St. Quiricus (16 june);
 he Beheading of John the Baptist (29 August);
 St Michael (29 September);
 the Calends of Winter 1 November;
 All Saints' Day ( on 1 November).
Monuments
Castell Caerphilly
Castell Dolwyddelan
Clock Tower Tours
National Library of Wales
Eglwys Gadeiriol Llandaf
The End

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