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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. As of 2021, it had a population of 3.2 million. 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. Its 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 Gruffudd 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 late 19th and 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...)

Wales Millennium Centre (Welsh: Canolfan Mileniwm Cymru) is an arts centre located in the Cardiff Bay area of Cardiff, Wales. The site covers a total area of 4.7 acres (1.9 ha). Phase 1 of the building was opened during the weekend of the 26–28 November 2004 and phase 2 opened on 22 January 2009 with an inaugural concert. The centre has hosted performances of opera, ballet, dance, comedy and musicals.

Locally nicknamed "the Armadillo", the Centre comprises one large theatre and two smaller halls with shops, bars and restaurants. It houses the national orchestra and opera, dance, theatre and literature companies, a total of eight arts organisations in residence. The main theatre, the Donald Gordon Theatre, has 1,897 seats, the BBC Hoddinott Hall 350 and the Weston Studio Theatre 250. In 2001 Lord Rowe-Beddoe was appointed chairman of Wales Millennium Centre, a company limited by guarantee. Board members include Sir Michael Checkland.

Portmeirion is an Italianate village designed and built by Sir Clough Williams-Ellis between 1925 and 1975. It has served as the location for numerous films and television shows, most famously serving as The Village in the 1960s television show The Prisoner.

... that near Tresilian Bay in Wales, there is a cave where couples throw stones to find out how long they should wait before they get married?
... that the Welsh village name Ynysddu means "black island", although the village is not located on an island?
... that Welsh comedienne Gladys Morgan was renowned for her toothless, ear-splitting, infectious laugh?
... that jazz pianist Geoff Eales played the French horn with the National Youth Orchestra of Wales and piano with the BBC Big Band?|

Alfred Russel Wallace OM, FRS (8 January 1823 – 7 November 1913) was a British naturalist, explorer, geographer, anthropologist and biologist. He did extensive fieldwork first in the Amazon River basin, and then in the Malay Archipelago, where he identified the Wallace line dividing the fauna of Australia from that of Asia. He is best known for independently proposing a theory of natural selection which prompted Charles Darwin to publish his own more developed and researched theory sooner than intended. Wallace was also one of the leading evolutionary thinkers of the 19th century who made a number of other contributions to the development of evolutionary theory, including the concept of warning colouration in animals, and the Wallace effect. He was also considered the 19th century’s leading expert on the geographical distribution of animal species and is sometimes called the "father of biogeography".

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

Image 1King Hywel Dda depicted enthroned in a 13th-century manuscript (from History of Wales)
Image 2Britain in AD 500: The areas shaded pink on the map were inhabited by the Britons, here labelled Welsh. The pale blue areas in the east were controlled by Germanic tribes, while the pale green areas to the north were inhabited by the Gaels and Picts. (from History of Wales)
Image 3The Bard, 1774, by Thomas Jones (1742–1803) (from Culture of Wales)
Image 4Crempog - Anglesey style (from Culture of Wales)
Image 5A Plaid Cymru rally in Machynlleth in 1949, where the Parliament for Wales Campaign began (from History of Wales)
Image 6Gravestone of King Cadfan ap Iago of Gwynedd (died c. 625) in Llangadwaladr church (from History of Wales)
Image 7Harlech Castle was one of a series built by Edward I to consolidate his conquest. (from History of Wales)
Image 8Tom Jones performing with Janis Joplin in 1969 (from Culture of Wales)
Image 9Opening of the Sixth Senedd in Cardiff in 2021 (from History of Wales)
Image 10Market Day in Old Wales by Sydney Curnow Vosper (1910) (from Culture of Wales)
Image 11Bryn Celli Ddu, a late Neolithic chambered tomb on Anglesey
Image 12Medieval crwth instrument (from Culture of Wales)
Image 13Statue of Owain Glyndŵr (c. 1354 or 1359 – c. 1416) at Cardiff City Hall
Image 14Standard of Bleddyn ap Cynfyn, King of Powys 1063-1075. (from History of Wales)
Image 15Battle at Mametz Wood by Christopher Williams (1918), commissioned by Secretary of State for War at the time, David Lloyd George. (from History of Wales)
Image 16Medieval kingdoms of Wales shown within the boundaries of the present day country of Wales and not inclusive of all (from History of Wales)
Image 17Senedd-Welsh Parliament, Cardiff Bay. (from History of Wales)
Image 18The Flag of Saint David (from Culture of Wales)
Image 19Facsimile of Part of Column 579 from the Red Book of Hergest (from Culture of Wales)
Image 20Owain Glyndŵr (from History of Wales)
Image 21Two of the furnaces of the Blaenavon Ironworks (from History of Wales)
Image 22Offa's Dyke (Clawdd Offa) Map. (from History of Wales)
Image 23Cawl, a Welsh dish of meat and vegetables (from Culture of Wales)
Image 24Dowlais Ironworks (1840) by George Childs (1798–1875) (from History of Wales)
Image 25Big Pit, National Coal Museum. (from History of Wales)
Image 26Owain Glyndŵr painting by AC Michael (from Culture of Wales)
Image 27Red Dragon of Wales (from Culture of Wales)
Image 28Map of the Roman invasion of Wales (from History of Wales)
Image 29Portrait of William Morgan. (from History of Wales)
Image 30Medieval map of Welsh realms (from History of Wales)
Image 31"Cymdeithas yr Iaith" (Society for the Language) bilingual road sign protest, 1972. (from History of Wales)
Image 32Caradog by Thomas Prydderch. Caradog was leader of the north Walian Celtic tribe, the Ordovices, and led multiple Celtic tribes against the Romans. (from History of Wales)

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