Team leading 10-year-long bid did not always have it easy: ‘the reaction to the idea these villages could be considered in same breath as Great Wall of China was often: what are you talking about?’. By Colin Drury
The decision means that villages and towns like Llanberis, Blaenau Ffestiniog and Abergynolwyn now officially sit alongside place such as the Taj Mahal, the Pyramids of Giza and the Grand Canyon as being recognised for their outstanding global uniqueness and importance.Both the area’s man-altered landscape – mountains literally carved apart for their stone – and its one-time industrial prowess were highlighted as key to inclusion on the register.
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