Capel-y-ffin

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Capel-y-ffin is a village in Powys, south Wales, some 14 miles from Abergavenny and 8 miles from Hay-on-Wye on the English-Welsh border, in the Black Mountains region within Brecon Beacons National Park.

From August 1924 to October 1928, artist Eric Gill and his followers lived and worked in an old Benedictine monastery at Capel-y-ffin. It was there that he designed the typefaces Perpetua and Gill Sans.

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• The Guardian: "A spiritual journey - The hushed atmosphere of Capel-y-ffin has attracted monks, poets and artists for centuries"