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Michael Douglas & Catherine Zeta-Jones' House
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By: tlp333.
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The actors live here when they are in Wales. A former home of theirs in Pacific Palisades (CA), as well as their part-time residence in Santa Barbara (CA), are both featured on this site.

Cricket match about to begin
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By: DonMartini.
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You can see a lot of people getting ready for this cricket match to begin, in Swansea.

3.7-inch Heavy Anti-Aircraft Gun
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By: mlc1us.
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The Monument is a 3.7-inch Heavy Anti-Aircraft gun. It is one of the guns from the two Battery's (247 & 248) sited around Swansea during the war years, defending the Town of Swansea from Air attacks.
It is a 'Monument To The Air Defence of Swansea' and dedicated to the heroic people of Swansea, who lost their lives or who were wounded, on those fateful nights, in February 1941, during WW2.

House front that some say looks like Hitler
Dania (VirtualGlobetrotting)
By: Dania.
This house in Port Tennant at Swansea has been in the news because some say it looks like Hitler.

Swansea Prison
kjfitz (VirtualGlobetrotting)
By: kjfitz.
Swansea is a category B local prison, which holds adult males, remanded into custody from the courts, convicted and sentenced prisoners.
The prison was completed in 1861, and has remained substantially un-changed since then, although ‘D’ wing has had additional accommodation added and the reception, kitchen and visits area have been re-built. Considerable refurbishment of existing accommodation areas is currently underway including a new pedestrian gate, healthcare and the re-establishment of ‘B’ wing as a residential unit.

Mansion House, Swansea
neotrix (VirtualGlobetrotting)
By: neotrix.

Cefn Coed Hospital
kaiken (VirtualGlobetrotting)
By: kaiken.

University of Wales Swansea
kaiken (VirtualGlobetrotting)
By: kaiken.

Dylan Thomas' Birthplace
mlc1us (VirtualGlobetrotting)
By: mlc1us.
Birthplace of poet Dylan Thomas

Swansea Observatory
kjfitz (VirtualGlobetrotting)
By: kjfitz.
Standing upon its purpose-built octagonal platform, extending from the sea wall at Swansea Bay, 'The Tower of the Ecliptic' is home to Wales' largest telescope.
The modern structure was built and partly financed by Swansea Council, in the early 1990s, for the purposes of providing a public observatory. The council received and matched half of the funding from a European Regional Development Grant. When building work was complete, in 1993, the observatory was officially loaned to the Swansea Astronomical Society.
The building consists of two tall towers, giving it the popular name, 'Marina Towers'. The optical tower, containing the telescope, has a white-washed square body built from hand-made Southern Irish bricks. This tower was crowned with its £18,000 fibreglass dome in 1991, but needed to be reset when it was discovered that the brick support was misaligned. A vital part of designer, Norman Walker's, construction relied upon precision installation of the dome, which, when floating upon a channel of water layered with oil, would enable the 5 metre shell to be turned with one finger. The viewing gallery and the 500mm Shafer-Maksutov reflecting telescope are found on upper levels of the tower.
The second tower houses the main entrance, astronomical exhibitions and a large spiral stairway, giving access to the four levels of the optical tower via open walkways.

Recessed Roundabout
kjfitz (VirtualGlobetrotting)
By: kjfitz.
Odd structure. Could it be the remains of an old fort or just a courtyard or park?

Plantasia Botanic Gardens
This impressive tropical hot house has a computer controlled environment and houses a three distinct climatic zones: tropical rainforests to deserts, with over 5000 plants of 1000 varieties.

Streets to nowhere
Hinkkanen (VirtualGlobetrotting)
By: Hinkkanen.
Are these remains of an old streetplan supplanted by new one or something started but never finished?

'Stainless Steel Columns' by David Mackie, Andrew Rowe and Heather Parnell
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By: pmoore66.
2006

Mysterious Flying Object
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By: kuressaare.

Liberty Stadium
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By: boothy443.
Home pitch for Swansea City FC and Ospreys RUFC

Soccer players on the field at Swansea City Stadium

The UK Beach Boys (The Beach Boys Tribute Band)
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By: adrbr.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Beach_Boys

Mount Pleasant Baptist Church
adrbr (VirtualGlobetrotting)
By: adrbr.

Ebenezer Baptist Church
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By: adrbr.

Swansea Castle (ruins)
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By: daggerwell.

Guildhall
neotrix (VirtualGlobetrotting)
By: neotrix.
The Guildhall is one of the main office buildings of the City and County of Swansea council.

Swansea Mosque
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By: kkeps.

St Mary Church

Gospel Hall (Zac's Place)

St Gabriel Church

Swansea Maritime Quarter Bridge
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By: LancelotLink.

'Pobl + Machines' by Gordon Young
pmoore66 (VirtualGlobetrotting)
By: pmoore66.
2006

Lightship Helwick LV-91

Marina Towers Observatory
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Unitarian Church

Parc Cwm long cairn
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By: kkeps.
Parc Cwm long cairn (Welsh: carn hir Parc Cwm), also known as Parc le Breos burial chamber (siambr gladdu Parc le Breos), is a partly restored Neolithic chambered tomb, identified in 1937 as a Severn-Cotswold type of chambered long barrow. The cromlech, a megalithic burial chamber, was built around 5850 years before present (BP), during the early Neolithic. It is about seven ½ miles (12 km) west south–west of Swansea, Wales, in what is now known as Coed y Parc Cwm at Parc le Breos, on the Gower Peninsula.

Liberty Stadium

Reeds Bakery
Mike1989 (VirtualGlobetrotting)
By: Mike1989.

William Thomas (1816-1909)
kkeps (VirtualGlobetrotting)
By: kkeps.
William Thomas (1816-1909) was Mayor of Swansea 1877-78, and was a pioneer of the Open Spaces Movement. He secured the area of Victoria Park as open space.

Mural
Matheus_ (VirtualGlobetrotting)
By: Matheus_.

The Tower, Meridian Quay
At 107 m (351 ft), this is the tallest building in Swansea and in Wales

The City Temple

Ivor Allchurch statue
tallturtle82 (VirtualGlobetrotting)
By: tallturtle82.
The "Golden Boy" of Welsh football played for three teams in his professional career, scoring 249 goals in 691 games. The Swansea native also helped the Welsh National team to the quarter finals of the world cup in 1958.

Swansea City AFC logo
Matheus_ (VirtualGlobetrotting)
By: Matheus_.