Theme Week Wales – St Davids

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St Davids Cathedral © Chrisrivers/cc-by-sa-3.0

St Davids Cathedral © Chrisrivers/cc-by-sa-3.0

St Davids, is a city and community in Pembrokeshire. Lying on the River Alun on St David’s Peninsula, it is Britain’s smallest city in terms of both size and population, the final resting place of Saint David, the country’s patron saint, and the de facto ecclesiastical capital of Wales. St Davids was given city status in the 16th century due to the presence of St David’s Cathedral but lost this in 1888. City status was restored in 1994 at the request of Queen Elizabeth II.

Next to the cathedral, the 13th century Bishops Palace is a ruin maintained by Cadw and open to visitors. St Davids was once a marcher borough, within which lay the hundred of Dewisland. In 1603 the antiquarian George Owen described it as one of five Pembrokeshire boroughs overseen by a portreeve.

Cross Square - Belmont House © geograph.org.uk - ceridwen/cc-by-sa-2.0 Market cross - Wolfgang Sauber/cc-by-sa-3.0 Main Street - Wolfgang Sauber/cc-by-sa-3.0 Holiday cottages - Caerfai Bay © geograph.org.uk - Robin Lucas/cc-by-sa-2.0 Oriel y Park Tourist Information centre © Wolfgang Sauber/cc-by-sa-3.0 St Davids Cathedral © Chrisrivers/cc-by-sa-3.0
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Holiday cottages - Caerfai Bay © geograph.org.uk - Robin Lucas/cc-by-sa-2.0
In addition to the cathedral, notable features of the city include the 14th century Tower Gate, the Celtic Old Cross and a number of art galleries. St David’s is also a base for walking and water sports. It has several hotels and a youth hostel, and a number of pubs. The entire coastline around St David’s forms part of the Pembrokeshire Coast National Park.

The St David’s lifeboat, located at St Justinian, has saved an estimated 360 people since the first lifeboat was located there in 1869; and four lifeboatmen have died while saving others. The Irish Sea area includes a large number of offshore rocks and islands and is notorious for strong tides.

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Read more on VisitPembrokeshire.com – St Davids, VisitWales.com – 5 favourite places in St Davids, pembrokeshirecoast.org.uk – Oriel y Parc Gallery and Visitor Centre, St Davids Cathedral, Wales Coast Path and Wikipedia St Davids. Learn more about the use of photos. To inform you about latest news most of the city, town or tourism websites offer a newsletter service and/or operate Facebook pages/Twitter accounts. In addition more and more destinations, tourist organizations and cultural institutions offer Apps for your Smart Phone or Tablet, to provide you with a mobile tourist guide (Smart Traveler App by U.S. Department of State - Weather report by weather.com - Global Passport Power Rank - Travel Risk Map - Democracy Index - GDP according to IMF, UN, and World Bank - Global Competitiveness Report - Corruption Perceptions Index - Press Freedom Index - World Justice Project - Rule of Law Index - UN Human Development Index - Global Peace Index - Travel & Tourism Competitiveness Index). If you have a suggestion, critique, review or comment to this blog entry, we are looking forward to receive your e-mail at comment@wingsch.net. Please name the headline of the blog post to which your e-mail refers to in the subject line.






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