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Conwy
Conwy Conwy, Conwy county borough, northwestern Wales. Conwy Castle is in the centre-right background.

Conwy

Wales, United Kingdom
Also known as: Conway
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Conwy, town, Conwy county borough, historic county of Caernarvonshire (Sir Gaernarfon), northwestern Wales. The town lies on the west bank of the River Conwy’s estuary, near the river’s mouth on Conwy Bay of the Irish Sea. It is the administrative centre of the county borough. Conwy was founded by the English king Edward I in 1283 as one of a chain of fortified towns in the then newly invaded North Wales. A Cistercian monastery already...

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