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Extract from the Pontypridd Travel Guides:
PONTYPRIDD
, twelve miles north of Cardiff, is built up around its quirky arched
bridge
. Once the largest single-span stone bridge in Europe, it was built in 1775 by local amateur stonemason William Edwards, whose previous attempts had crumbled into the river below. Across the river is
Ynysangharad Park
, where Sir W. Goscombe John's gooey statue honours Pontypridd weaver Evan James, who composed the stirringly nationalistic song
Hen Wlad fy Nhadau (Land of My Fathers)
that has become the Welsh national anthem. By the bridge at the end of Taff Street, a lovingly restored church houses th...
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