Monmouth (Wales)
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Monmouth Welsh Trefynwy |
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| Coordinates | 51 ° 49 ′ N , 2 ° 43 ′ W | ||
| OS National Grid | SO505125 | ||
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| Residents | 8547 | ||
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| Post town | MONMOUTH | ||
| ZIP code section | NP25 | ||
| prefix | 01600 | ||
| Part of the country | Wales | ||
| Preserved County | Gwent | ||
| Unitary authority | Monmouthshire | ||
| Website: www.monmouth.gov.uk | |||
Monmouth [ ˈmɒnməθ ] ( Welsh Trefynwy , 'City of Monnow ' ; in ancient times Blestium ) is a town in south-east Wales and a county seat of the historic Monmouthshire county.
Listed Buildings
Many buildings in the city were of Cadw in the listed building was added, including the Grade I , the Great Castle House , the Monmouth Castle , the Monnow Bridge , the Shire Hall and in the Grade II * buildings 1 -6 and 12-16 St Mary's Street , Agincourt House , The Beaufort Arms Hotel , Chapel House , the Clawdd-du Bridge, Cornwall House , Drybridge House , Glendower House , Kings Head Hotel , Lord Nelson's Seat , Monmouth Priory , Old Nag's Head , The Robin Hood Inn , the Roundhouse on The Kymin , Royal George Hotel , St Mary's Priory Church , St Thomas' Church , the Savoy Theater , Market Hall , the Statue of Charles Rolls , Wesleyan Methodist Chapel , The White Swan Inn .
sons and daughters of the town
- Geoffrey of Monmouth (1100–1154), British clergyman and scholar
- Henry V (1387–1422), Prince of Wales , King of England
- Reginald Brooks-King (1861-1938), British archer
- David Nash (1939-2016), British rugby player
- Saul David (born 1966), British historian
Monmouthpedi A.
MonmouthpediA is a project to link the small town to Wikipedia . Since May 19, 2012, almost all buildings in the city have been equipped with QR codes ("MonmouthpediA"), which refer to further Wikipedia articles. For users, Monmouthpedia represents a new way of exploring cities and areas for tourism. Anyone passing interesting buildings and locations can simply scan the corresponding QR code and be linked to the appropriate information page - ideally even in their own language.
Part of the project is also that the city has been equipped with free WiFi across the board .
literature
- Michael Grierson Jarrett: BLESTIUM (Monmouth) Monmouthshire, Wales . In: Richard Stillwell et al. a. (Ed.): The Princeton Encyclopedia of Classical Sites. Princeton University Press, Princeton NJ 1976, ISBN 0-691-03542-3 .
