Marine Hotel
Introduction
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Marine Hotel
Image: © Gerald England Taken: 26 Apr 2016
Originally called the Adelphi Hotel, for five weeks in 1890 it was home to Queen Elisabeth, the wife of King Carol of Roumania. She visited the National Eisteddfod at Bangor and was admitted to the Gorsedd of Bards as Carmen Sylva, the pen name she used for the novels, poems and essays she wrote in four languages. She toured North Wales and was entertained by the nobility at Penrhyn Castle (Bangor), Baron Hill (Beaumaris), and Mostyn Hall (Mostyn, Flintshire). She attended concerts in Llandudno's Pier Pavilion and worshipped at Llanrhos church. Carmen Sylva Road, and Roumania Crescent in Craig-y-Don were named after her. http://historypoints.org/index.php?page=queen-of-romania-s-hotel The 114-bed Marine Hotel on the corner of Vaughan Street and The Parade is now owned by the Bay Hotel group.
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Image Location
Latitude
53.322946
Longitude
-3.823484