2022

SH5837 : Portmeirion, The Central Piazza

taken 4 years ago, near to Portmeirion, Gwynedd, Wales

Portmeirion, The Central Piazza
Portmeirion, The Central Piazza
Portmeirion is a popular tourist village in Gwynedd, North Wales. It was designed and built by Sir Clough Williams-Ellis between 1925 and 1975 in the style of an Italian village. LinkExternal link

The village was used as the set in 1967 tv series "The Prisoner" tv-series LinkExternal link , starring Patrick McGoohan.

Portmeirion is also famous for its pottery company which was co-founded by Susan Williams-Ellis, daughter of Clough Williams-Ellis, and her husband Euan Cooper-Willis.
See wikipedia LinkExternal link

See other images of Portmeirion

Creative Commons Licence [Some Rights Reserved]   © Copyright David Dixon and licensed for reuse under this Creative Commons Licence.
Geographical Context: Historic sites and artefacts Village, Rural settlement Camera: Panasonic DC-G9 other tags: Portmeirion Tourist Attraction Piazza The Prisoner Click a tag, to view other nearby images.
This photo is linked from: Automatic Clusters: · Piazza at Portmeirion [47] · Central [32] · Central Piazza [17] ·
1:50,000 Modern Day Landranger(TM) Map © Crown Copyright
+
+
1:50,000 Modern Day Landranger(TM) Map © Crown Copyright
TIP: Click the map for more Large scale mapping
Grid Square
SH5837, 852 images   (more nearby 🔍)
Photographer
David Dixon   (more nearby)
Date Taken
Wednesday, 16 February, 2022   (more nearby)
Submitted
Tuesday, 22 February, 2022
Subject Location
OSGB36: geotagged! SH 589 371 [100m precision]
WGS84: 52:54.8083N 4:5.9538W
Camera Location
OSGB36: geotagged! SH 589 372
View Direction
South-southeast (about 157 degrees)
Clickable map
+
NW N NE
W Go E
SW S SE
Image Type (about): geograph 
This page has been viewed about 36 times
You are not logged in | login | register