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Wales (Welsh: Cymru [ˈkəmrɨ] ^ⓘ) is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It is bordered by the Irish Sea to the north and west, England to the east, the Bristol Channel to the south, and the Celtic Sea to the south-west. , it had a population of 3,107,494. It has a total area of 21,218 square kilometres (8,192 sq mi) and over 2,700 kilometres (1,680 mi) of coastline. It is largely mountainous with its higher peaks in the north and central areas, including Snowdon (Yr Wyddfa), its highest summit. The country lies within the north temperate zone and has a changeable, maritime climate. The capital and largest city is Cardiff.

A distinct Welsh culture emerged among the Celtic Britons after the Roman withdrawal from Britain in the 5th century, and Wales was briefly united under Gruffydd ap Llywelyn in 1055. After over 200 years of war, the conquest of Wales by King Edward I of England was completed by 1283, though Owain Glyndŵr led the Welsh Revolt against English rule in the early 15th century, and briefly re-established an independent Welsh state with its own national parliament (Welsh: senedd). In the 16th century the whole of Wales was annexed by England and incorporated within the English legal system under the Laws in Wales Acts 1535 and 1542. Distinctive Welsh politics developed in the 19th century. Welsh Liberalism, exemplified in the early 20th century by David Lloyd George, was displaced by the growth of socialism and the Labour Party. Welsh national feeling grew over the century: a nationalist party, Plaid Cymru, was formed in 1925, and the Welsh Language Society in 1962. A governing system of Welsh devolution is employed in Wales, of which the most major step was the formation of the Senedd (Welsh Parliament, formerly the National Assembly for Wales) in 1998, responsible for a range of devolved policy matters. (Full article...)

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Penmon is a promontory, parish and community on the south-east tip of Anglesey, North Wales, about three miles east of the town of Beaumaris. The name comes from the Welsh word "pen" (which can mean "head", "end" or "promontory") and "Môn", which is the Welsh word for Anglesey. It is the site of a historic monastery and associated 12th century church. Walls near the well next to the church may be part of the oldest remaining Christian building in Wales. Penmon also has an award-winning beach and the Anglesey Coastal Path follows its shores. Quarries in Penmon have provided stone for many important buildings and structures, including Birmingham Town Hall and the two bridges that cross the Menai Strait. The area is popular with locals and visitors alike for its monuments, tranquillity, bracing air and fine views of Snowdonia to the south across the Menai Strait.

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Saint David as teacher of St. Finnian in a stained glass window at Clonard

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... that when the 150-year-old Monmouthshire Beacon newspaper moved into Cornwall House, the new office was opened by Princess Margaret?
... that three Chartists held at Monmouth County Gaol were sentenced at the Shire Hall to be hanged, drawn and quartered in 1840?
... that the Monmouthshire Show was started after John Etherington Welch Rolls and the Duke of Beaufort agreed to find £30 in 1857?
... that one species of the extinct bivalve Similodonta was found in 108.90 metres (357.3 ft) down a borehole near Llanwrtyd Wells?

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Alfred Ernest Jones (1 January 1879 – 11 February 1958) was a Welsh neurologist, psychoanalyst and Sigmund Freud’s official biographer. As the first English-language practitioner of psychoanalysis and as President of both of the British Psycho-Analytical Society and the International Psychoanalytic Association in the 1920s and 1930s, Jones exercised unmatched influence in the establishment of its organisations, institutions and publications in the English-speaking world. After obtaining his medical degrees Jones specialised in neurology and took a number of posts in London Hospitals. It was through his association with the surgeon Wilfred Trotter that Jones recalled first hearing of Freud’s work. Having worked together as surgeons at University College Hospital they had become close friends, with Trotter taking the role of mentor and confidant to his younger colleague. They had in common a wide-ranging interest in philosophy and literature, as well as a growing interest in Continental psychiatric literature and the new forms of clinical therapy it surveyed. By 1905 they were sharing accommodation above Harley Street consulting rooms with Jones’s sister, Elizabeth ( later to become Trotter’s wife), installed as housekeeper. Jones, appalled at what he had seen of the institutionalised treatment of the "insane", began experimenting with hypnotic techniques in his clinical work.

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The following are images from various Wales-related articles on Wikipedia.

Image 1Offa's Dyke (Clawdd Offa) Map. (from History of Wales)
Image 2Medieval kingdoms of Wales shown within the boundaries of the present day country of Wales and not inclusive of all (from History of Wales)
Image 3Harlech Castle was one of a series built by Edward I to consolidate his conquest. (from History of Wales)
Image 4Owain Glyndŵr (from History of Wales)
Image 5Facsimile of Part of Column 579 from the Red Book of Hergest (from Culture of Wales)
Image 6Standard of Bleddyn ap Cynfyn, King of Powys 1063-1075. (from History of Wales)
Image 7Medieval crwth instrument (from Culture of Wales)
Image 8Two of the furnaces of the Blaenavon Ironworks (from History of Wales)
Image 9Island of Britain in AD 500. (from History of Wales)
Image 10Roman invasion of Wales. (from History of Wales)
Image 11Cawl, a Welsh dish of meat and vegetables (from Culture of Wales)
Image 12Portrait of William Morgan. (from History of Wales)
Image 13Caradog by Thomas Prydderch. Caradog led multiple celtic tribes against the Romans. (from History of Wales)
Image 14Crempog - Anglesey style (from Culture of Wales)
Image 15King Hywel Dda depicted in a 13th-century manuscript (from History of Wales)
Image 16'The Welsh at Mametz Wood' painted by Christopher Williams, commissioned by Secretary of State for War at the time, David Lloyd George. (from History of Wales)
Image 17Red Dragon of Wales (from Culture of Wales)
Image 18Market Day in Old Wales by Sydney Curnow Vosper (1910) (from Culture of Wales)
Image 19Senedd-Welsh Parliament, Cardiff Bay. (from History of Wales)
Image 20Tom Jones performing with Janis Joplin in 1969 (from Culture of Wales)
Image 21The Flag of Saint David (from Culture of Wales)
Image 22The Bard, 1774, by Thomas Jones (1742–1803) (from Culture of Wales)
Image 23Gravestone of King Cadfan ap Iago of Gwynedd (died c. 625) in Llangadwaladr church (from History of Wales)
Image 24Owain Glyndŵr painting by AC Michael (from Culture of Wales)
Image 25Big Pit, National Coal Museum. (from History of Wales)

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