"Un Marché au pays de Galles"

Name of traveller

R. M.

Date of travel

undated, ca. 1880

On se croirait vraiment en pleine Espagne, au pays des femmes de Galice ou bien sur les frontières du Portugal. (M. 410)

Content

• agriculture:
  • local produce sold in market in Holyhead, with particular attention to cakes
  • town is clean and well paved, has public baths, some elegant houses, describes church
• architecture: description of the local church in Holyhead
• clothing: women’s Welsh costume described as ugly
• customs:
  • description of market day in Holyhead, with particular attention to the women
  • market three times each week

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Nationality of traveller

French

Language of publication

French

Gender of traveller

Unknown

Type of publication

essay; travelogue

Citation

M., R. "Un Marché au pays de Galles." Journal des Voyages 6 (Jan.-July 1880): 408, 410. Print.