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North Wales ( Welsh Gogledd Cymru , English North Wales ) is the name of an unofficial region in Wales . It essentially comprises the historical domain of the medieval Kingdom of Gwynedd in north Wales and roughly corresponds to the present day Principal Areas of Wrexham , Flintshire , Denbighshire , Conwy , Gwynedd and Anglesey .
The outstanding tourist attractions of North Wales include Snowdonia National Park with the highest mountain south of Scotland and the two UNESCO World Heritage sites Pontcysyllte Aqueduct and the castles and city walls of King Edward in Gwynedd . The latter includes in particular the castles Beaumaris Castle , Caernarfon Castle , Conwy Castle and Harlech Castle built by Edward I (England) in the 13th century .
literature
- Jan Miller: A Country Diary for North Wales . Troubador Publishing 2005, ISBN 1905237359
- Carl Rogers: Best Walks in North Wales . Northern Eye Publishing 2008, ISBN 9780955355738 ( excerpt from Google Book Search)
- Jonah Jones: The Lakes of North Wales . Y Lolfa 2002, ISBN 0862436265 ( excerpt from Google book search)
Web links
- Go North Wales - official (state) tourism website
- Oliver Abrahams: North Wales. Where Europe's nobility once met on Spiegel Online on October 16, 2010
Individual evidence
- ^ Pontcysyllte Aqueduct World Heritage Site , UNESCO (accessed September 4, 2011)
- ↑ Castles and Town Walls of King Edward in Gwynedd World Heritage Site , UNESCO (accessed September 4, 2011)