Qualla: Llangollen https://qualla.com/llangollen en-us © 2026 Bendyline Wed, 08 Jul 2026 02:40:14 GMT Qualla serial false Qualla support@bendyline.com yes https://qualla.com/_res/siteimages/rsslogo.png Qualla: Llangollen https://qualla.com/llangollen Llangollen: Introduction https://qualla.com/llangollen/ Every July, for one week, a town of 3,603 people receives singers and dancers from across the world. They process behind a silver band down the main street, in costume, in language, in a riot of colour you would not expect to find in a small market town in north-east Wales. The Llangollen International Musical Eisteddfod has happened every summer since 1947 - founded in the wake of the Second World War as a deliberate act of reconciliation - and choirs from places that did not have diplomatic relations with each other have sung from the same stage. Luciano Pavarotti competed here in 1955 as a 19-year-old member of the Corale Rossini, a male-voice choir from Modena that included his father Fernando. He came back to perform as a star.

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]]> Mon, 25 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/g/c/m/t/llangollen-wp/gcmt-llangollen-intro.mp3 0:06 1 full Llangollen: A Saint, A River, A Bridge https://qualla.com/llangollen/ The town takes its name from a 7th-century monk, Saint Collen, who is said to have arrived at the riverbank by coracle and founded a church beside the Dee. The church that bears his name is the only one in Wales dedicated to him; he may have had connections with Colan in Cornwall...

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]]> Mon, 25 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/g/c/m/t/llangollen-wp/gcmt-llangollen-a-saint-a-river-a-bridge.mp3 0:06 2 full Llangollen: The Ladies of Plas Newydd https://qualla.com/llangollen/ On a hillside above the town stands Plas Newydd, a black-and-white timbered house with carved-oak interiors and a sloping lawn. From 1780 it was home to the Honourable Sarah Ponsonby and Lady Eleanor Butler, two women from prominent Anglo-Irish families who eloped together to esc...

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]]> Mon, 25 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/g/c/m/t/llangollen-wp/gcmt-llangollen-the-ladies-of-plas-newydd.mp3 0:06 3 full Llangollen: The Castle on the Hill https://qualla.com/llangollen/ Above the town to the north, on a steep limestone hill, stand the ruins of Castell Dinas Bran - a 13th-century fortress built by the Princes of Powys Fadog. The walk up is steep and the view from the top runs in every direction: the Dee valley to the south and west, the Eglwyseg ...

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]]> Mon, 25 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/g/c/m/t/llangollen-wp/gcmt-llangollen-the-castle-on-the-hill.mp3 0:06 4 full Llangollen: The Eisteddfod https://qualla.com/llangollen/ The International Musical Eisteddfod started in 1947. It is not the same thing as the National Eisteddfod of Wales (which Llangollen hosted in 1908, visited that year by Lloyd George and Winston Churchill). The International is a music festival in the strict sense - choirs, folk ...

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]]> Mon, 25 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/g/c/m/t/llangollen-wp/gcmt-llangollen-the-eisteddfod.mp3 0:06 5 full Llangollen: Three Forms of Water https://qualla.com/llangollen/ Three different transport ages meet at Llangollen. The 14th-century bridge crosses the Dee just upstream of the rapids where, today, slalom kayakers and canoeists compete in international championships. A short walk away is Llangollen Wharf, where horse-drawn excursion boats stil...

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