List of cultural icons of Wales

The List of cultural icons of Wales is a list of links to potential cultural icons of Wales [1].

Contents 1 Animals 2 Art 3 Buildings and structures 4 Education 5 Emblems 6 Festivals 7 Food and drink 8 Government 9 History and legend 10 Language 11 Literature 12 Music 13 People 14 Places 15 Placenames 16 Sport 17 Television, Radio, Film, Theatre 18 See also 19 References

Animals

• Welsh corgi [2], Welsh lamb [3]

Art

• Love spoon ^[1]
• National Museum Cardiff
• Welsh costume ^[2]
• Welsh hat
• Welsh dresser

Buildings and structures

• Aberconwy Abbey
• Bangor Cathedral, Basingwerk Abbey, Brecon Cathedral, Britannia Bridge [4]
• Caernarfon Castle [5], Caerphilly Castle, Cardiff Cathedral, Cardiff City Hall, Castell Coch, Conwy Castle, Cymer Abbey, Cwmhir Abbey
• Ewenny Priory
• Harlech Castle
• Kidwelly Castle
• Llandaff Cathedral, Llanthony Priory
• Margam Abbey, Menai Suspension Bridge, Millennium Stadium
• Neath Abbey, Newport Cathedral
• Pembroke Castle, Pontcysyllte Aqueduct
• St. David's Cathedral, St Dogmaels Abbey, St Fagans National History Museum, South Stack Lighthouse, Strata Florida Abbey
• Talley Abbey, Tintern Abbey
• Valle Crucis Abbey
• Wales Millennium Centre [6], Whitland Abbey

Education

• University of Wales

Emblems

• Cymru am byth [7], Hen Wlad Fy Nhadau
• Daffodil, Leek, red dragon (Y ddraig goch) [8]
• Welsh harp [9], Welsh language [10]

Festivals

• Eisteddfod, National Eisteddfod of Wales [11] [12]
• Gorsedd [13]
• St David's Day [14]

Food and drink

• Bara brith [15], Bara Claddu
• Caerphilly cheese, Cawl,^[3] Crempog
• Glamorgan sausage
• Laver bread
• Welsh cakes, Welsh faggots, Welsh lamb, Welsh rarebit

Government

• AM, Assembly Measures
• Devolution, devolved government, Government of Wales Act 1998
• First Minister of Wales, Deputy First Minister of Wales, Prime Minister, Secretary of State for Wales
• National Assembly for Wales, Welsh Assembly [16], Welsh Assembly Government

History and legend

• Arthurian legend
• Cadwaladr, Caradoc
• Dafydd ap Gruffudd, Druid
• Henry Tudor (King Henry VII), Hywel Dda
• Llywelyn the Great, Llewelyn the Last
• Owain Glyndwr [17]
• Rhys ap Tewdwr, king of Deheubarth
• Saint David
• Twm Sion Cati [18]
• Saunders Lewis
• Saint David
• Iolo Morgannwg

Language

• Cymraeg,
• Welsh, Welsh English, Welsh Language Act 1993

Literature

• Adam of Usk
• Roald Dahl, Dafydd ap Gwilym, Andrew Davies, Idris Davies, Sir John Donne
• Ken Follett, Dick Francis
• Giraldus Cambrensis (Gerald of Wales)
• Richard Llewellyn
• Geoffrey of Monmouth, Iolo Morganwg
• Terry Nation, National Library of Wales [19]
• John Cowper Powys
• Goronwy Rees, Rhygyfarch, Bertrand Russell
• Taliesin, Dylan Thomas [20], [21], R. S. Thomas [22]
• Under Milk Wood [23]
• Huw Wheldon

Music

• Shirley Bassey, BBC National Orchestra of Wales, The Blackout, Stuart Burrows
• Catatonia, Charlotte Church, Cwm Rhondda
• Funeral For A Friend
• Geraint Evans
• Alun Hoddinott, Mary Hopkin, Owain Arwel Hughes
• Karl Jenkins, Katherine Jenkins, Kids In Glass Houses
• Aled Jones, Tom Jones
• Lostprophets
• Male voice choir, Manic Street Preachers, Man (band)
• National Youth Orchestra of Wales
• National Eisteddfod
• Stereophonics
• Robert Tear, Bryn Terfel, Bonnie Tyler
• Welsh National Opera

People

• Leo Abse, Laura Ashley
• Jeff Banks, Shirley Bassey, Hywel Bennett, Aneurin Bevan, Rob Brydon, Richard Burton
• James Callaghan, Ann Clwyd, Tommy Cooper
• Timothy Dalton, Windsor Davies, St David, David Lloyd George [24]
• Huw Edwards, Gwynfor Evans
• Ioan Gruffudd
• Michael Heseltine, Ian Hislop, Anthony Hopkins, Michael Howard, Geoffrey Howe, Nerys Hughes, John Humphries
• Roy Jenkins, Augustus John [25], Tom Jones, Catherine Zeta Jones, Ieuan Wyn Jones [26], Griff Rhys Jones
• Glenys Kinnock, Neil Kinnock
• Martyn Lewis
• Ruth Madoc, Alun Michael, Rhodri Morgan, Johnny Morris
• Ivor Novello [27]
• Robert Owen
• Siân Phillips, John Prescott, Jonathan Pryce
• Angharad Rees, Joan Ruddock
• Harry Secombe, Victor Spinetti, Henry Morton Stanley
• George Thomas
• Wynford Vaughan-Thomas
• Dafydd Wigley, Rowan Williams [28]

Places

• Brecon Beacons
• Cambrian Mountains, Cardigan Bay, Clwydian Range
• Gower Peninsula
• Pembrokeshire Coast
• Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Wales (Comiswn Brenhinol Henebion Cymru)
• Snowdonia [29]
• Wye Valley

Placenames

• Llanfairpwyllgwyngogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch, also known as Llanfairpwllgwyngyll or Llanfair P.G.

Sport

• Bridgend Blue Bulls
• Cardiff Arms Park, Cardiff Blues, Cardiff Demons, Cardiff Devils, Cardiff International Swimming Pool
• England and Wales Cricket Board
• Gerald Davies, Ryan Day, Jim Driscoll
• Gareth Edwards
• Football Association of Wales
• Ryan Giggs, Glamorgan County Cricket Board, Tanni Grey-Thompson, Terry Griffiths
• Gavin Henson
• Colin Jackson
• Llanelli Rugby Club, London Welsh RFC
• Cliff Morgan, Doug Mountjoy
• Ninian Park, Newport Gwent Dragons
• Ospreys
• Ray Reardon, Ian Rush
• Scarlets, Matthew Stevens
• John Toshack
• Wales National Pool, Wales national rugby league team, Sport Wales National Centre, Welsh national rugby union team, Welsh Rugby Union, JPR Williams, Mark Williams, Ian Woosnam
• Wrexham FC

Television, Radio, Film, Theatre

• BBC Wales, BBC Radio Cymru, BBC Radio Wales
• S4C, Sianel Pedwar Cymru

See also

• Cultural icon
• List of cultural icons of England
• List of cultural icons of France
• List of cultural icons of Germany
• List of cultural icons of Italy
• List of cultural icons of the Netherlands
• List of cultural icons of Northern Ireland
• List of cultural icons of Russia
• List of cultural icons of Scotland

References