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1. Wales is officially beautiful?
Almost 25% of Wales’ land surface is designated as either a National Park or as an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. |
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2. ‘Coasteering’ was invented in Wales?
Coasteering is a wild combination of scrambling, climbing, traversing, cliff jumping and swimming that was first developed in Pembrokeshire west Wales in the 80s and 90s and has now taken off all over the world. |
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3. Which mathematical symbols originated in Wales?
Welshman William Jones in 1706 became the first person to use the Greek letter Pi (p) as a mathematical symbol to calculate the circumference to diameter ratio of circles. The mathematical equals sign (=) was inverted by a Welshman, Robert Recorde of Tenby in about 1550. |
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4. Why some people call Wales ‘Land of castles’?
We’ve got 641 castles in Wales. More per square kilometre than any other European Country. Caerphilly Castle, in South Wales, has a tower which leans at a greater angle than the Leaning Tower of Pisa. |
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5. Wales has the largest collection of Impressionist paintings outside Paris?
The National Gallery of Wales in Cardiff is the home of the largest collection of Impressionist and post impressionist paintings outside of Paris. The collection includes Renoir’s famous Blue Lady, La Parisienne, Rodin's The Kiss and Monet's waterlilies paintings - what’s more the entry is free! |