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Aberystwyth / Royaume-Uni

Aberystwyth est une ville à l'ouest du pays de Galles, la plus importante du comté de Ceredigion ainsi que la région centrale du pays de Galles, au confluent du Rheidol et de l'Ystwyth, la rivière qui lui donne son nom. C'est aussi une ville universitaire depuis le XIXe siècle. L'université d'Aberystwyth a été fondée en 1872 en tant que University College Wales. En 2017, elle accueille près de 9 000 étudiants qui viennent s'ajouter à la population locale de 12 000 habitants pendant neuf mois de l'année.

Cyfarthfa Castle

Aberystwyth / Royaume-Uni

Cyfarthfa Castle is a castellated mansion that was the home of the Crawshay family, ironmasters of Cyfarthfa Ironworks in Park, Merthyr Tydfil, Wales. The house commanded a view of the valley and the works, which ‘at night, offer a truly magnificent scene, resembling the fabled Pandemonium, but on which the eye may gaze with pleasure’. Cyfarthfa loosely translates from the Welsh for place of barking. The reason is hunting dogs were regularly heard in this area of the town, hunting polecats and weasels among others. Despite appearing to be a fortified building, it is a house built in the style of a large mansion with a large kitchen, bake house and dairy, billiard room, library, and a range of reception rooms. In addition, there is a brew house, icehouse and extensive storage cellars that used to contain over 15,000 individual bottles of wines and spirits such as Sherry, Champagne, Whiskey, Brandy, Madeira Wine, and over 7,500 bottles of port. Adjoining the building were also stable blocks and coach houses. The castle stands in 158-acre of parkland, now called Cyfarthfa Park and maintained by Merthyr Tydfil County Borough Council.