A village made partly from rescued piecesSourced
Demolished buildings contributed to a new village
Clough Williams-Ellis built Portmeirion in Wales between 1925 and 1975. Its Mediterranean-inspired setting incorporates fragments salvaged from demolished buildings. Pieces from elsewhere became part of the new village.
The end of one building could supply the beginning of another.
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