wales

BY:SILVIA Y RAQUEL

Wales is part of the UK.It is situated in the south-west of the UK.It borders with England.In the past Wales was part of England on the west coast of the island of Britain bordering the Irish Sea and Celtic

The national flag of Wales is the red dragon and it has a red dragon on a white and green background. Red dragon is a prophecy of the coming of King Arthur and it is supposed to have been the battle standard of king Arthur and other ancient Celtic leaders.

Cardiff is the capital city, it is also the big city of wales. Located in south-east Wales, on the banks of the Bristol canal and close to the English border.

Wales is the “land of castles” as there are hundreds of castles and legends – often about King Arthur. He is a medieval, mythological figure, head of the kingdom Camelot and the knights of the Round Table

• National park snowdonia. Is a mountainous region in North West Wales and a park containing the UK's highest peaks outside of Scotland.

• Castle of conwy. Locales in cowny built between 1283 and 1289.

• Snowdon mountain railway. It os a turist railway that goes up to the highest peak in wales.

Rugby is the national sport. In the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff there are rugby matches, football matches and concerts It was built for the world cup of Rugby in 1999. The national emblems for Wales are the daffodils (a yellow, spring flower). The origin of the national flower of Wales appears to be as an attractive interloper. Christianity is the largest religion in Wales. Other Religions are Islam, Judaism, Hinduism and Buddhism. Leek is a national symbol of Wales. The Welsh archers adopted the green and white colours of the leek for their uniforms.

Famous food

• Crempog is the typical Dish on birthday
• Shepherd's it is a lamb pie
• Tatws pum munud It is a welsh stew
• Full welsh breakfast It is a tipical wales breakfast

Some of the celebrations and traditions are:

• Nochevieja

• Eisteddfod It is a celebration of Welsh culture and language held in August where poetry is read, there are also dance and visual arts

• Great britain cheese festival held in a cardiff castle where they taste cheese and drink wine

• Anthony Hopkins, actor.

• Tom Jones,singing.

• Ryan Giggs, futballer.

• Lawrence de Arabia, military.

Famous people born in wales