View SE from the tower of Plas Mawr Elizabethan townhouse to St Mary's Church (formerly Aberconwy Abbey) & Conwy Castle, Conwy, Wales, UK.


View SE from the tower of Plas Mawr Elizabethan townhouse to St Mary's Church (former Aberconwy Abbey), Conwy Castle, Telford's suspension bridge, Stephenson's railway bridge & modern road bridge, Conwy, Wales, UK. Aberconwy Abbey founded 1186-92 with the help of Llywelyn the Great. Edward I's castle begun 1283. Plas Mawr built 1576-1585 by/for Robert Wynn. Thomas Telford's suspension bridge 1821-1826. Robert Stephenson's tubular railway bridge built 1848. Modern road bridge completed 1958. Conwy Tunnel opened 1991.


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Location: St Mary the Blessed Virgin's Church and Conwy Castle, Conwy, Wales, UK
Photo credit: © Mick Sharp / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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