Portmeirion is a village that demonstrates what dreaming can do. Take a very steep hill in a remote area of Wales and imagine building an Italianate cluster of houses and shops. That's what Welsh architect Clough Williams-Evans did over a span of 50 years, from 1925 to 1975. Over that period he constructed inventively attractive and whimsical structures that were deemed historic structures, and to Sir Williams-Evans surprise, in the later years even he couldn't make changes to them without permission.
The gardens are an integral part of the village plan. There are also many pieces of sculpture scattered throughout the grounds. Due to space constraints I must leave out the thousands of photos I took in this beautiful, dreamy village.
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Portmeirion is also where the television show "The Prisoner", starring Patrick McGoohan, was shot.
Guy
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