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Gorsedd stones

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Gorsedd Stones (Cerrig yr Orsedd.) are groups of standing stones constructed for the National Eisteddfod of Wales. [1]

11 relations: Aberdare, Archdruid, Bard, Bute Park, Cardiff, Gorsedd, Hungary, Menhir, National Eisteddfod of Wales, The Bards of Wales, Wales.

Aberdare

Aberdare (Aberdâr) is a town in the Cynon Valley area of Rhondda Cynon Taf, Wales, at the confluence of the Rivers Dare (Dâr) and Cynon.

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Archdruid

Archdruid is the title used by the presiding official of the Gorsedd.

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Bard

In medieval Gaelic and British culture, a bard was a professional story teller, verse-maker and music composer, employed by a patron (such as a monarch or noble), to commemorate one or more of the patron's ancestors and to praise the patron's own activities.

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Bute Park

Bute Park is a major park in the city of Cardiff, capital of Wales.

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Cardiff

Cardiff (Caerdydd) is the capital of, and largest city in, Wales, and the eleventh-largest city in the United Kingdom.

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Gorsedd

A gorsedd plural gorseddau, is a community or meeting of modern-day bards.

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Hungary

Hungary (Magyarország) is a country in Central Europe that covers an area of in the Carpathian Basin, bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine to the northeast, Austria to the northwest, Romania to the east, Serbia to the south, Croatia to the southwest, and Slovenia to the west.

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Menhir

A menhir (from Brittonic languages: maen or men, "stone" and hir or hîr, "long"), standing stone, orthostat, lith or masseba/matseva is a large manmade upright stone.

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National Eisteddfod of Wales

The National Eisteddfod of Wales (Welsh: Eisteddfod Genedlaethol Cymru) is the most important of several eisteddfodau that are held annually, mostly in Wales.

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The Bards of Wales

The Bards of Wales (A walesi bárdok) is a ballad by the Hungarian poet János Arany, written in 1857.

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Wales

Wales (Cymru) is a country that is part of the United Kingdom and the island of Great Britain.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gorsedd_stones

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