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Llywelyn the Great - Llywelyn Fawr

Llywelyn the Great (Welsh: Llywelyn Fawr, full name Llywelyn ab Iorwerth)
c. 1172 - 1240
Prince of Gwynedd and eventually de facto ruler over most of Wales
(Wikipedia)

E.O. Griffiths
1898

Conwy / Llywelyn the Great - Llywelyn Fawr

Description

Bronze statue of Llewelyn the Great with coronet and full armour standing with sword and shield, and painted. The statue surmounts a Corinthian column, standing in an octagonal basin. The rim of the basin is incised:

LLEWELYN AB IORWERTH FOUNDER OF CONWY ABBEY A.D. 1184

Inscription(s)

The Corporation of Conway engrave this plate to record
their gratitude for this Fountain Presented to the town by
ALBERT WOOD, D.L. J.P., OF BODLONDEB.
(a former Mayor of the borough)

charles wallace
mayor 1898

Sculptor

E.O. Griffiths, British sculptor.

Sources & Information

Public Monuments and Sculpture Association, National Recording Project Database.
University College for the Creative Arts, VADS (Visual Arts Data Service).

Locatie (N 53°16'50" - W 3°49'50") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: gbwa132; Photograph: 30 July 2012
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