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[[Portmeirion]] is a bizarre village on the [[Welsh]] coast in Snowdonia.
[[Portmeirion]] is a bizarre village on the [[Welsh]] coast in [[Snowdonia]].
It was designed and built by eccentric architect Sir Brian Clough Williams-Ellis.
It was designed and built by eccentric architect Sir Brian Clough Williams-Ellis.
The village is a composite of [[Italy|Italian]] [[baroque]], William Morris Arts and Crafts and more unusual features.
The village is a composite of [[Italy|Italian]] [[baroque]], William Morris Arts and Crafts and more unusual features.
It was opened in 1926 as a tourist attraction and later as a pottery centre.
It was opened in 1926 as a tourist attraction and later as a pottery center.
The village is best known as the setting for the 1960s TV series "The Prisoner", featuring John McGoohan as a [[British]] [[spy]] undergoing mind alterations, incarceration, disorientation and general weirdness.
The village is best known as the setting for the 1960s TV series "[[The Prisoner]]", featuring John McGoohan as a [[British]] [[spy]] undergoing mind alterations, incarceration, disorientation and general weirdness.
The series has been seen by some as an expose of the post Cambridge Spy Ring culture, a discussion of 60s counter culture, an entertaining spoof spy series and possibly as an allegory for how society forces us all to conform and how it oppresses and ultimately absorbs the differently minded.
The series has been seen by some as an expose of the post [[Cambridge Spy Ring]] culture, a discussion of 60s [[counterculture]], an entertaining spoof [[spy series]] and possibly as an allegory for how society forces us all to conform and how it oppresses and ultimately absorbs the differently minded.
Just as [[Pink Floyd]]'s "Dark Side of the Moon" can be synchronised with "[[The Wizard of Oz]]" it has been suggested that the opening sequences of "The Prisoner" can be synchronised with several songs from the Beatles "Sgt Pepper's Lonely Heart's Club Band".
Just as [[Pink Floyd]]'s "Dark Side of the Moon" can be synchronized with "[[The Wizard of Oz]]" it has been suggested that the opening sequences of "The Prisoner" can be synchronized with several songs from [[the Beatles]]' "Sgt Pepper's Lonely Heart's Club Band".
[[Category:Welsh Towns and Cities]]
[[Category:Welsh Towns and Cities]]