Portmeirion

Portmeirion
Port|mei|ri|on
a small village on the coast of North Wales, designed and built by Clough Williams-Ellis. It is based on an Italian fishing village and is popular with tourists. It is also the place where the popular 1960s British television programme 'The Prisoner' was filmed.

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  • Portmeirion — infobox UK place country = Wales static static image caption=Overview of the central plaza latitude = 52.91778 longitude = 4.09293 official name =Portmeirion welsh name = population = unitary wales= Gwynedd lieutenancy wales= constituency… …   Wikipedia

  • Portmeirion — Pantheon, auch: The Green Dome Die Amis Reunis (Das Steinbo …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Portmeirion — 52° 55′ 04″ N 4° 05′ 35″ W / 52.91778, 4.09293 …   Wikipédia en Français

  • Portmeirion Pottery — is a late 20th century British pottery.Susan Williams Ellis (daughter of Sir Clough Williams Ellis) and her husband, Euan Cooper Willis, purchased a small pottery decorating company in Stoke on Trent called A. E. Gray Ltd in 1960. Susan had been… …   Wikipedia

  • Portmeirion, Wales —  Fanciful Italianate village built by Sir Clough Williams Ellis, and a brand of pottery that originated there …   Bryson’s dictionary for writers and editors

  • List of works by Clough Williams-Ellis — Contents 1 Source 2 China 2.1 Guangdong 2.2 Liaoning …   Wikipedia

  • Susan Williams-Ellis — (6 June 1918 ndash; 26 November 2007), a pottery designer and the eldest daughter of Clough Williams Ellis, was best known for co founding Portmeirion Pottery.BackgroundWilliams Ellis was born in Guildford, Surrey, England. Sir Clough was an… …   Wikipedia

  • Clough Williams-Ellis — Sir Clough Williams Ellis Born 28 May 1883(1883 05 28) Gayton, Northamptonshire, England Died 9 April 1978(1978 04 09) (aged 94) …   Wikipedia

  • Clough Williams-Ellis — Pour les articles homonymes, voir Williams et Ellis. Sir Clough Williams Ellis (28 mai 1883 – 9 avril 1978) est l architecte britannique qui a créé le village de Portmeirion, dans le Pays de Galles, exceptionnel ensemble de bâtiments, palais,… …   Wikipédia en Français

  • Le Prisonnier — Cet article concerne la série télé originale de 1967. Pour sa reprise, voir Le Prisonnier (télésuite, 2009). Le Prisonnier Logo de la série, le Grand …   Wikipédia en Français

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