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Swansea[ 1] ( Abertawe em galês) é uma cidade no Reino Unido e a segunda maior cidade do País de Gales. Situada a sul do território, na baía de Swansea, a cidade tem 239.000 habitantes (censo 2011 ). [ 2] Swansea foi um importante centro industrial e portuário durante os séculos XIX e XX. [ 3]
Swansea (/ ˈ s w ɒ n z i /; Welsh: Abertawe [abɛrˈtawɛ]) is a coastal city and the second-largest city of Wales. It forms a principal area, officially known as the City and County of Swansea (Welsh: Dinas a Sir Abertawe). The city is the twenty-fifth largest in the United Kingdom.
Swansea City Association Football Club (/ ˈ s w ɒ n z i /; Welsh: Clwb Pêl-droed Cymdeithas Dinas Abertawe) is a Welsh professional football club based in Swansea, Wales. It competes in the Championship, the second tier of English football.
- Early History
- Medieval Swansea
- The Port and Industrialisation
- Victorian Slums and Reform
- Industrial Decline
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The oldest known remains on the Gower Peninsula are the Red Lady of Paviland: human bones dating from 22,000 BC. Later inhabitants also left their mark on the land. Examples include the Bronze Age burial mound at Cillibion and the Iron Age hill fort, Cil Ifor. Isolated prehistoric artifacts have been found in the area the city proper occupies, but ...
By the late 10th century, the region, including the land around the bay and the Gower, was part of the Welsh kingdom of Deheubarth under Maredudd ap Owain. The Vikings arrived sometime between the 9th and 11th centuries, leaving behind their name for a settlement in the area. The precise nature and location of this settlement are still disputed. Sp...
The South Wales Coalfield reaches the coast in this region, and coal was being exported by the year 1550, along with great quantities of limestone, quarried in the Mumblesarea and on Gower and in high demand as fertiliser. Swansea was already a significant port with trading links across the Bristol and English Channels and the Irish Sea. There was ...
In order to allow boats to dock without running aground at low tide and to remain afloat, the "Float" was constructed: the Tawe was diverted and a new dock with locks created. Work began in 1852, and the result was New Dock in 1859. Further changes to the docks were proposed, and the town authorities realised the potential grave effect on public he...
The construction of the Taff Vale Railway and the Bute West Dock in the 1840s resulted in Cardiff surpassing Swansea as the principal coal port in South Wales, and by 1871 Cardiff's population exceeded that of Swansea. In the late 19th century, Swansea copper smelters faced increased foreign competition, and some of the leading smelters in the regi...
Gabb, Gerald (2007). Swansea and its History. Volume I. Swansea: Gerald Gabb. ISBN 0-9527151-2-0.Gabb, Gerald (2019). Swansea and its History. Volume II: The Riverside Town. Part 1: The Men of Power. Swansea: Gerald Gabb. ISBN 978-0-9527151-4-6.Gabb, Gerald (2019). Swansea and its History. Volume II: The Riverside Town. Part 2: The Town, The Port, The People. Swansea: Gerald Gabb. ISBN 978-0-9527151-5-3.Swansea (/ˈswɒnzi/, en galés: Abertawe [abɛrˈtauɛ]) es una localidad galesa, en el Reino Unido, siendo además una autoridad unitaria. [1] [2] Está situada en el sur del país, en la bahía de Swansea, y cuenta con 239 000 habitantes. Fue un importante centro industrial y portuario durante los siglos XIX y XX.
Swansea ( Welsh: Abertawe ), officially the City and County of Swansea ( Welsh: Dinas a Sir Abertawe ), is a city and county in Wales. It is Wales' second largest city and the largest is Cardiff. It is in the country's south coast. It has a temperate oceanic climate, with the most rain of any city in the United Kingdom.
This article is about the urban area of Swansea. The Swansea Rural is covered in a separate article. Swansea (pronounced: Swan-zee; Welsh: Abertawe) is a city on the beautiful Gower Peninsula — the United Kingdom's first designated "Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty".
