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Newport aka: Casnewydd

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44% of people who have been to Newport think it's worth visiting. The most popular places in Newport are Caerleon, Roman Ampitheatre, Caerleon, and Rogerstone. Newport is featured on the list UK Cities.

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  • en.wikipedia.org Newport (Welsh: Casnewydd) is a city and principal area in Wales, in the United Kingdom. Standing on the banks of the River Usk, located roughly between Cardiff and Bristol, it is the cultural capital and largest urban area in the historic county of Monmo http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newport
  • travel.nytimes.com Where Christmas Spirits Meet the Gilded Age by ROGER MUMMERT December 15, 2006 Throughout Newport, R.I., this holiday season, the essence of a picturesque and historic port city shines brightly. (read article)
  • travel.nytimes.com Introduction to Newport by FROMMER'S November 20, 2006 "City by the Sea" is the singularly unimaginative nickname an early resident unloaded on Newport. At least it was accurate, because for a time during the colonial period it rivaled Boston and even New York as a center of New World trade and prosperity. Newport occupies the southern tip of Aquidneck Island in Narragansett Bay, and is connected to the mainland by three bridges and a ferry. Wealthy industrialists, railroad tycoons, coal magnates, financiers, and robber barons were drawn to the area in the 19th century, especially between the Civil War and World War I. They bought up property at the ocean's rim to build what they called summer "cottages" -- which were in fact mansions of immoderate design and proportions patterned after European palaces. (read article)
  • query.nytimes.com At Bailey's Beach, the Ruling Class by GUY TREBAY July 20, 2003 (read article)
  • query.nytimes.com A Summer Job for Your Home by WALECIA KONRAD June 27, 2003 (read article)
  • query.nytimes.com 36 Hours Newport, R.I. by PENELOPE GREEN May 17, 2002 (read article)
  • query.nytimes.com A Gilded Age Holiday by JEFF SILVERMAN November 26, 2000 (read article)
  • query.nytimes.com Newport by BARBARA LLOYD June 21, 1998 (read article)


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