Portmeirion (Gallery)

Portmeirion is an Italianate Village that lies at the estuary of the River Dywryd in Gwynedd, North Wales, designed and built between 1925 and 1975 by Sir Clough Williams-Ellis. Nowadays the village is a tourist attraction owned by a charitable trust but there are still permanent residents. Although Portmeirion’s style would appear out of place amongst the Welsh Mountains it seems to work very well for the many visitors.

In the 1960s Portmeirion was used as the location for “The Prisoner” a bizarre British TV series that went on to achieve cult status; watch out for number 6 in the white-braided black blazer!

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