A vibrant and influential culture A culture of poetry, language, art & music Snowdonia was home to Hedd Wyn, a famous poet who won the Eisteddfod Chair in 1917 having died in the First World War five weeks earlier. The chair was covered in a black cloth and is known as Gadair ‘Y Ddu’ - Black Chair’. ‘The Charles Darwin was deeply influenced by Snowdonia, he famously spent some time in Snowdonia which helped frame much of the Victorian scientist’s approach to his legendary sea voyage on The Beagle tell him (Sedwick) I have ceased to be thankful for that short tour in Wales Native and visiting artists alike have been inspired by the grandeur of Snowdonia over the centuries helped carry A Culture of volunteering out projects to care for In 2016 the National Park In 2016 National Park and National Trust volunteers carried out days of volunteer work Heritage and Mountaineering Snowdonia was used as a training The first recorded climb of Snowdon base for successive was in 1798 by Victorian botanist Everest expeditions. Peter Williams and W. Bingley to look for The 1953 Everest expedition signed Rare Alpine Plants their names on the ceiling of the Pen y Gwryd Hotel Cynllun Consultation Document 2018 53
A vibrant and influential culture A culture of poetry, language, art & music Snowdonia was home to Hedd Wyn, a famous poet who won the Eisteddfod Chair in 1917 having died in the First World War five weeks earlier. The chair was covered in a black cloth and is known as ‘Y Gadair Ddu’ - ‘The Black Chair’. Charles Darwin was deeply influenced by Snowdonia, he famously spent some time in Snowdonia which helped frame much of the Victorian scientist’s approach to his legendary sea voyage on The Beagle tell him (Sedwick) I have ceased to be thankful for that short tour in Wales Native and visiting artists alike have been inspired by the grandeur of Snowdonia over the centuries A Culture of volunteering In 2016 National Park and National Trust volunteers carried out days of volunteer work Heritage and Mountaineering In 2016 helped carry out projects to care for the National Park The first recorded climb of Snowdon was in 1798 by Victorian botanist Peter Williams and W. Bingley to look for Rare Alpine Plants Snowdonia was used as a training base for successive Everest expeditions. The 1953 Everest expedition signed their names on the ceiling of the Pen y Gwryd Hotel Cynllun Consultation Document 2018 53
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